Las Vegas Sun

May 20, 2024

A private property sign hangs Jan. 15, 2015, on the fence of a shut-down injection well next to an almond orchard owned by Palla Farms in Bakersfield, Calif. Palla Farms filed suite blaming several oil companies for contaminating the local groundwater and killing cherry trees.

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A private property sign hangs Jan. 15, 2015, on the fence of a shut-down injection well next to an almond orchard owned by Palla Farms in Bakersfield, Calif. Palla Farms filed suite blaming several oil companies for contaminating the local groundwater and killing cherry trees.