California's fight over fracking heats up

A new fracking law won't satisfy some environmental groups who have been pushing Gov. Jerry Brown for a moratorium. State Senator Fran Pavley originally supported a ban, but went on to author a controversial piece of legislation that adds some disclosure requirements but may be vulnerable to abuse, according to lawyers familiar with CEQA, the state’s environmental quality act.

This morning, the California Coastal Commission meets in Santa Cruz. Environmental groups like the Sierra Club plan to show up in force to protest hydraulic fracturing in the Santa Barbara Channel, the site of a massive oil spill in 1969 many credit with launching the environmental movement know today.

This morning, the California Coastal Commission meets in Santa Cruz.

Environmental groups like the Sierra Club plan to show up in force to protest hydraulic fracturing in the Santa Barbara Channel, the site of a massive oil spill in 1969 many credit with launching the environmental movement know today.

The use of fracking in California is expanding, along with calls to regulate it more tightly. Earlier this year, state lawmakers sponsored multiple bills on fracking. Now there is just one, and as the legislative session draws to a close, everyone wants a say as to what's in it.

The California Report's Sacramento Bureau Chief Scott Detrow reports.