State Attorney General Rob Bonta announced this week that in a settlement with the federal government all new oil and gas leases on public lands in Central California will be halted while pending a review of the risks to public health and the environment. 

This move comes after years and years of legal challenges from California environmentalists saying that policies put into place by Donald Trump allowed for drilling and fracking without properly considering how that affects the air and ground water. 

For more on this, KCBS Radio news anchors Pattie Reising and Bret Burkhart are joined live by Terry Tamminen, former Secretary of the California EPA under Schwarzenegger as well as President of Seventh Generation Advisors,  which is a non profit aimed at preserving the environment by advocating policy and promoting sustainable economy.