Area Energy really cares about the environment.

The below AP article details how Area Energy recently lost a lawsuit against a farmer who alleged that Aera dumped dirty water onto his farm and therefore polluted his irrigation water.

Cotton Farm Wins $8.5M From 'Aera Energy' Oil Co.SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY (AP) ―

AP

A jury has awarded $8.5 million to a San Joaquin Valley cotton farm in its groundwater pollution lawsuit against one of California's largest oil and gas producers. Friday's Kern County Superior Court jury's award to Starrh and Starrh Cotton Growers was about $1.5 million more than what a jury previously awarded before the case was retried, said farm attorney Michael Stump. The Starrhs sued Aera Energy LLC in 2001, alleging the company knowingly allowed 600 million barrels of oil wastewater to seep into the subsurface of their farm. They claimed Aera damaged water they could have used on their crops that is less expensive than water from an aqueduct. A call to Aera on Sunday was not immediately returned, but the Bakersfield-based company has contended it did no damage.