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Under pressure, oil industry drops referendum to permit drilling in California neighborhoods
Fast CompanyEnvironmental justice communities across California rejoiced last week when the oil industry, at the eleventh hour, withdrew its controversial effort to overturn a historic law aimed at curbing the deadly effects of neighborhood oil drilling.
Now, …