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Home Programs Deadline L.A. with Barbara Osborn & Howard Blume Can constraints be placed on fracking in the Inglewood Oil Field?

Can constraints be placed on fracking in the Inglewood Oil Field?

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The Inglewood Oil Field that spans Culver City and Baldwin Hills is the largest oil field in the continental U.S.

Fracking, the controversial practice of forcing water and chemicals into a well to facilitate oil extraction, has been used on the oil field.

Residents and advocacy groups are concerned and new safeguards just drafted may help.

We'll talk with Natural Resources Defense Council senior attorney and director of SoCal Ecosystems Project Damon Nagami about fracking in the oil field in the Baldwin Hills/Culver City area.