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Environmentalists Take Aim at Fracking, Oil Industry in Monterey

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Opponents of the oil industry practice known as fracking have tried and failed to get it banned statewide. So now, they're going to county ballots. This election, Monterey County is voting on a fracking ban -- and a ban on all new oil drilling.

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