Opponents to South LA oil drilling say AllenCo upgrades won’t be enough

Intersection: For months South L.A. community members complained of foul odors coming from their neighbor: AllenCo Energy Inc., an urban oil drilling site. After more than 200 complaints and a four-month investigation by the Environmental Protection Agency, the company agreed to spend $700,000 to improve their site. Yet the South L.A. community that has been opposing AllenCo’s operations says those upgrades still won’t mitigate the health consequences. “They really shouldn’t be there at all,” said Ashley Kissinger,......

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