Just a few weeks after moderate Democrats in the California state legislature stopped legislation that would have phased in a fracking ban, Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) announced his own plan to ban not only fracking, but eventually all oil and natural gas development in the...
A fracking ban on federal lands like the one advocated by the Biden presidential campaign would severely harm the economies of eight western states, according to a new study by the Wyoming Energy Authority. The report’s author, University of Wyoming Professor Tim Considine, came to...
Banning fossil fuel infrastructure was the focus of one New York City Climate Week panel last week, and while that’s not surprising, the suggestion that the definition of this infrastructure should expand to include things like parking lots was just one of many “creative” polices...
A federal judge in California recently upheld the Trump administration’s decision to repeal a 2015 rule (commonly known as the ‘Fracking Rule’) regulating hydraulic fracturing on public lands that was challenged by several states, including California, and environmental groups. Independent Petroleum Association of America President...
September was a busy month for climate change-related events. Activists took to the streets in protest and presidential candidates spent hours detailing aggressive climate plans that include extreme measures like banning fracking. Meanwhile, the U.S. oil and natural gas industry continued to quietly combat climate...
A costly trend is developing across several California cities that could prove harmful to consumers and the environment alike. Berkeley recently became the first city to ban the installation of natural gas linesin newly constructed buildings, making gas-powered water heaters and stoves forbidden in all...
A recent syndicated column appearing in newspapers around the country provides the latest example of relying on fear-mongering tactics – instead of facts – when talking about fracking and health concerns. An “Ask the Doctor” column written by two doctors, Eve Glazier and Elizabeth Ko,...
California remains one of the nation’s most significant oil and gas producing states but very little of that production happens on public lands. In the past several months, a series of New York Times articles have suggested that the Trump Administration and the energy industry...
In Food & Water Watch’s (FWW) ongoing pursuit to ban fracking everywhere, the group recently released an issue brief that attacks the major petrochemical and plastics investments being made in the Appalachian Basin, calling the region “Another Petrochemical Sacrifice Zone.” Why? Because FWW believes that...
“Keep It In the Ground” (KIITG) activists have made news this week for directing their considerable angst at fellow environmentalists at the Global Climate Action Summit in San Francisco. As former New York mayor and event co-host Michael Bloomberg noted after his speech was interrupted...
Well surprise, surprise. National “Keep It In the Ground” (KIITG) groups quickly pounced on the news that the ban-fracking measure known as Initiative 97 officially made the ballot for this November’s election in Colorado. Groups such as 350.org and Food & Water Watch (F&WW) raced...
A familiar team of researchers from Johns Hopkins University, in collaboration with the University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley), has released yet another study trying to link fracking to health ailments. This time the research team — which includes a fellow at the Post Carbon...