Despite strong opposition from the powerful oil industry, the city council of Arvin, California, decided to reform an old municipal ordinance to place limits on the drilling of new wells near schools, clinics and residential areas. With this pioneering measure, young city council members are seeking to diminish the contamination caused by oil and gas operations, a widespread problem in this farming and oil-producing area of California. Ruben Tapia reports from Arvin.
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