Kern, The Mississippi of Fracking

[image error]The Four Corners, illuminated red, is the major U.S. hot spot for methane emissions in this map showing how much emissions varied from average background concentrations from 2003-2009. (Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Michigan, October 2014)When anti-fracking activists end their protest at Governor Jerry Brown's Oakland home on February 7, where will they turn next?

The governor is not likely (but never say never) to respond by issuing a moratorium on fracking, especially with only 15 state Senate votes in favor. With a 60 percent victory margin in November's election and bold new goals for renewable energy and greenhouse gas reductions, he may ignore the protests altogether.