Max Golding - Santa Barbara

Fred Starrh, an almond farmer in Kern County, fought the oil industry and won. The court couldn’t deny evidence that proved that polluted wastewater from steam injection oil operations had killed his orchards and cost him millions of dollars. Robert and Lisa Parr in Texas won a court settlement against nearby fracking after proving that […]

It was inspiring to see the Santa Maria Government Center full of so many supporters of the ban on high-intensity oil operations recently. The vast majority of public comments were in favor of the ban, and almost every concerned citizen who spoke had certainly done their homework on topics such as oil spills and water […]