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After Ventura County supervisors passed several new measures meant to mitigate harms caused by oil and gas operations, an overlapping network of fossil fuel interests sued to stop them from going into effect, Capital & Main has learned. At least one of the suits, filed by a nonprofit trade association representing local business interests, may present conflicts of interest among its board members, who are also tied to other lawsuits. Additionally, the largest oil company operating in the county, together with California’s largest trade association for oil companies, launched an in-person pe...

Group submits 45,000 signatures to stop Ventura County's oil rules Kathleen Wilson, Ventura County Star Tens of thousands of signatures were submitted this week to Ventura County elections officials to repeal new environmental standards for oil drilling, suspending the implementation of the rules for now. It is unclear how long it will take elections workers to certify whether roughly 30,900 valid signatures of registered voters in Ventura County were submitted for each of two ordinances containing the rules, but the task must be completed in 30 business days. More than 4...