DELANO, CA - An environmental group plans to hold a hearing tonight, centered on the negative effects of the oil extraction process, or hydraulic fracturing.
Fracking is the process of drilling and injecting fluid into the ground at a high pressure in order to fracture shale rocks to release the oil and natural gas inside
Organizers with the Center on Race, Poverty and the Environment say Kern County carries the brunt of oil industry development.
They say that includes risks to our drinking water as the fracking wasterwater is injected back into the ground.
The event is set for tonight at 7 p.m. at the offices of the Center on Race, Poverty and the Environment, in Delano.