Citizens´ initiative may permanently ban new oil and gas drilling in SLO County
(WorldNews Environment)

Signed petitions packed in cardboard boxes lined the sidewalk of Monterey Street like presents on Christmas morning. After just nine weeks and thousands of clocked volunteer hours, the Coalition to Protect San Luis Obispo County marched 20,000 signatures into the County of San Luis Obispo Clerk-Recorder´s Office for validation. Cheek-splitting smiles plastered the faces of volunteers. Their work had all but guaranteed a seat on November´s election ballot for an initiative to permanently ban new oil and gas drilling in San Luis Obispo County. `I have grandchildren. I know that I don´t have the power to leave the Earth in a better state than it was when I was born into it,` the coalition´s...