{"id":16273,"date":"2014-02-17T08:51:34","date_gmt":"2014-02-17T16:51:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sierramadrenews.net\/?p=16273"},"modified":"2014-02-17T08:51:34","modified_gmt":"2014-02-17T16:51:34","slug":"holden-to-host-community-briefing-on-hydraulic-fracturing-fracking-in-california","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.sierramadrenews.net\/?p=16273","title":{"rendered":"Holden To Host Community Briefing On Hydraulic Fracturing (Fracking) In California"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Press Release posted 2\/17\/14<\/em> &#8211;<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>The debate over hydraulic fracturing, also called fracking, is growing more contentious by the day. Arguments over whether and how to extract California\u2019s oil and natural gas resources have devolved into angry exchanges of talking points and it\u2019s becoming harder and harder to tell what is fact and what is fiction.<\/p>\n<p>Assemblymember Chris Holden (D-Pasadena) will be hosting a Community Briefing to bring together prominent local scientists and water managers to discuss fracking and its impacts on California\u2019s unique geology, hydrology and environment. This unbiased look at the state of fracturing with cut through the spin and provide real answers to pressing questions about hydraulic fracturing.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WHAT:<\/strong> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Community Briefing on Hydraulic Fracturing in California<\/p>\n<p><strong>WHEN:<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Saturday, March 1, 2013, 10 AM to 1 PM<\/p>\n<p><strong>WHERE:<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0Taylor Hall, 1775 N. Indian Hill Ave. in Claremont<\/p>\n<p><strong>WHO<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Convened by Assemblymember Holden, featuring a panel of expert geologists and hydrologists and seismic scientists:<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Ken Manning, Exec. Director, San Gabriel Water Quality Authority<br \/>\nDr. Stephen Osborn, Assistant Professor of Geological Sciences, Cal Poly, Pomona<br \/>\nDr. Joann Stock, Caltech Division of Geological and Planetary Scientists<br \/>\nTony Zampiello, Executive Officer, San Gabriel Basin Watermaster<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Press Release posted 2\/17\/14 &#8211;\u00a0The debate over hydraulic fracturing, also called fracking, is growing more contentious by the day. Arguments over whether and how to extract California\u2019s oil and natural gas resources have devolved into&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4,5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sierramadrenews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16273"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sierramadrenews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sierramadrenews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sierramadrenews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sierramadrenews.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16273"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.sierramadrenews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16273\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sierramadrenews.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16273"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sierramadrenews.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16273"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sierramadrenews.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16273"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}