LA County isn’t doing enough to protect people living near oil wells, study says

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Date

Feb. 27, 2018

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Media Highlight

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89.3 KPCC

"Alan Krupnik, who researches oil and gas regulations for the Washington D.C.-based non-profit Resources for the Future, said DPH's recommendations were fair and made sense given how many people live alongside oil wells in Los Angeles. 'Los Angeles is very densely populated related to other places where there is significant oil and gas development,' he said. 'So if there is a [public health] effect, the effect is going to be larger there than in rural North Dakota.'"

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Alan Krupnick

Senior Fellow; Director, Industry and Fuels Program

Alan Krupnick is a senior fellow at RFF.

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