Media Coverage
Featured Publications
March 19, 2024
Regulations rolled back at neighborhood oil drill site linked to negative health effects
Jeremy Lindenfeld
Spectrum News 1
September 28, 2023
Drilling Deception: E&B's False Claims in South LA
Richard Parks, Op-Ed
City Watch
January 22, 2023
All is not well: Oil regulation in
Richard Parks, Op-Ed
City Watch
February 10, 2022
LA just banned oil drilling. Now comes the hard part.
Alissa Walker
Curbed
April 20, 2021
LA hasn't launched new inspections for oil sites years after council backed plan
Emily Alpert Reyes
Los Angeles Times
July 27, 2019
How These Neighbors Took On The Oil Company In Their Backyard And Won
Susan Abram
HuffPost
October 17, 2017
LA cracks down on urban oil drilling near USC
Emily Guerin
KPCC (NPR)
August 21, 2017
How one LA community is uniting to transform Jefferson Boulevard
Alissa Walker
Curbed LA
January 3, 2024
For years, an oil drill site stood in a South LA neighborhood. Now a park may rise in its place.
Bob Smietana
Earthbeat, National Catholic Reporter
March 21, 2023
South LA residents worry about a Catholic archdiocese-owned oil well in their midst
Jeremy Lindenfeld
Earthbeat
January 9, 2023
Will California's new oil and gas laws protect people from toxic pollution?
Hilary Beaumont
Environmental Health News
November 3, 2021
LA's oil wells can harm human health, not many residents know about them. Will the new state law make a difference?
Benjamin Gottlieb
KCRW Greater LA
March 24, 2021
Los Angeles City Fire Department Sued over idle wells at oil and gas extraction site
Juliette Fairley
Southern California Record
August 14, 2018
Company plans to end oil production at South LA site
Emily Alpert-Reyes
Los Angeles Times
May 5, 2017
Covenanters Help Lead Fight Against L.A. Neighborhood Oil Wells
Stan Friedman
Covenant Companion
February 16, 2016
Community Organization Plants Hope in South Los Angeles
Crystal Goss
USC Annenberg
December 11, 2023
Nonprofit plans to transform a former oil drilling site in South L.A. into affordable housing
Dorany Pineda
Los Angeles Times
March 3, 2023
In a largely Black and Latino community, neighbors worry about the oil wells in their midst
Jeremy Lindenfeld
Capital & Main
March 3, 2022
The end of oil drilling in LA
Emily Witt
The New Yorker
April 22, 2021
How California oil spillers beat the new climate laws
Aaron Cantu
City Watch
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March 11, 2021
South Los Angeles oil wells worry neighbors, spark lawsuit
Janet Wilson
Desert Sun
May 10, 2018
Fighting for the Right to Breathe
Megan Sweas
Sojourners Magazine
August 18, 2017
Guns, God and Oil
Bob Smeitana
Christianity Today
Murphy Media Coverage
Murphy LAFD Lawsuit
March 2021
March 11, 2021 - Janet Wilson - Desert Sun
March 24, 2021 - Juliette Fairley - Southern California Board
Los Angeles City Fire Department sued over idle wells at oil and gas extraction site
Past Media Coverage
Jefferson Drill Site to Close!
2019 - present
June 4, 2019 - Heather Adams - Religion News Service
Urban oil well to be shut down, cleaned up after pressure from LA faith activists
Nuisance Abatement Hearings
2016-2018
November 20, 2017 - CBC News
Urban oil drilling takes over Los Angeles
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October 19, 2017 - Charlene Muhammad - LA Sentinel
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October 13, 2017 - Emily Alpert-Reyes - Los Angeles Times
City orders tougher rules for oil drilling site near South L.A. homes
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October 23, 2017 - Larry Buhl - Capital & Main
South LA Residents Demand End to Urban Oil Drilling
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February 2, 2017 - Sheri Stuart - Los Angeles Wave
Residents demand relief from South L.A. oil drilling
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January 26, 2017 - Stephanie Michaud - MyNewsLA.com
Residents complain of health problems, pollution near oil drilling site
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August 19, 2016 - Emily Alpert-Reyes - Los Angeles Times
City seeks to examine whether South LA oil drilling site has flouted rules
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August 1, 2016 - EFE - El Nuevo Dia
Pozos de petróleo afectan la salud de los pobres y minorías
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August 1, 2016 - EFE Fox News Latino
Oil wells in Los Angeles produce crude and complaints
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June 9, 2016 - Emily Alpert-Reyes - Los Angeles Times
Community group petitions city to enclose South LA drilling Site
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August 17, 2015 - Emily Alpert-Reyes - Los Angeles Times
South L.A. residents resist oil firm's plans to burn gas at drilling site
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August 13, 2015 - Karen Foshay - Al Jazeera America
Is Los Angeles giving oil drilling in neighborhoods a pass?
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July 24, 2015 - Haya El Nasser - Al Jazeera America
California communities mount protests against fracking, oil drilling
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April 24, 2015 - Los Angeles Wave Newspapers
South L.A. residents protest oil-drilling activities
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April 24, 2015 - Sahra Sulaiman - Streets Blog LA
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April 24, 2015 - Diana Lee - Intersections South LA
South LA residents march to protest neighborhood oil drilling
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April 23, 2015 - John Schreiber - MyNewsLA.com
Residents allege oil site brought acid, toxic chemicals to South LA neighborhood
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April 23, 2015 - Sid Garcia - ABC7
Exposition Park residents protest oil drilling in neighborhood
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April 23, 2015 - Emily Alpert-Reyes - Los Angeles Times
South LA residents protest noise, odors from drilling site near USC
Community Protests
April 2015 - 2016
The first Jefferson Drill Site Hearing
November 2014 - January 2015
January 22, 2015 - Molly Peterson - KPCC
South LA oil field scraps effort to expand drilling, but neighbors remain uneasy
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January 16, 2015 - Howard Fine - LA Business Journal
Oil Company Drops Plan to Expand Drilling in South L.A.
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January 15, 2015 - Emily Alpert-Reyes - Los Angeles Times
Oil company to yank controversial South L.A. drilling application
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November 26, 2014 - Matthew Tinoco - Intersections South LA
Community seeks enviornmental study for South LA oil site
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November 26, 2014 - Adrian Kudler - Curbed LA
The Difference Between Being Rich and Poor in LA, in 2 Quotes
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November 26, 2014 - Molly Peterson - KPCC
Decision delayed on expanded oil drilling in West Adams
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November 25, 2014 - Miriam Hernandez - ABC7
Public Weighs in on West Adams oil-drilling site
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November 25, 2014 - Sahra Sulaiman - Streets Blog LA
Residents Plan to Oppose Expanded Drilling at Jefferson-Budlong Site at Zoning Hearing Today
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November 25, 2014 - Emily Alpert-Reyes - Los Angeles Times
Neighbors push back against drilling plan at South L.A. site
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November 25, 2014 - John Schreiber - MyNewsLA.com
Zoning officer puts off decision on urban oil field in South Los Angeles
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November 24, 2014 - John Schreiber - MyNewsLA.com
Project to drill new oil wells in South L.A. seeks enviornmental review exemption
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November 24, 2014 - Molly Peterson - KPCC
'Routine' planning hearing raises questions about L.A.'s oversight on oil drilling
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