"Sanders Challenges White House and DNC Over Fracking"

"SPRECKELS, Calif. -- Just days after two federal agencies seemed to clear the way for offshore fracking in the Pacific Ocean, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) called on it to stop.

"Make no mistake about it: This was a very, very bad decision by the federal government that will not be allowed to stand if I have anything to say about it," said Sanders. "And as president, I would have a lot to say about it."

With environmental activists by his side and a verdant lettuce field behind him, Sanders used Wednesday morning to restate his opposition to hydraulic fracturing -- a process of extracting natural gas by breaking up the ground with chemicals. He has campaigned for a ban on fracking throughout the primaries, winning some parts of New York, Oklahoma and Pennsylvania where "fracktivists" have blamed the process for toxic drinking water or greater incidence of earthquakes."

David Weigel reports for the Washington Post June 1, 2016.