Gas is flared as waste from the Monterey Shale formation where gas and oil extraction occurs using hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, on March 22, 2014 near Buttonwillow, California. (David McNew/Getty Images)
MONTEREY (CBS / AP) – Voters in an oil-producing county in California have cracked down on fracking and new oil-well drilling.
Monterey County voters adopted a ballot measure Tuesday that will phase out new oil drilling and ban fracking.
Oil companies had helped raise more than $5 million against the measure. Bernie Sanders and actor Leonardo DiCaprio were among those campaigning for the Monterey County fracking ban.
Monterey County is the state’s fourth-biggest oil-producing county. It’s the seventh county in California to ban fracking.
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