Moms Clean Air Force released a new “report” this week that alleges widespread health harms from oil and natural gas development based entirely on an array of debunked talking points and anecdotal accounts, rather than actual air measurements. If this sounds familiar, it’s probably because...
California oil and natural gas production is declining even as the state’s demand for fossil fuels is increasing. This is the wrong direction for a state with abundant hydrocarbon resources as well as the nation’s strictest environmental regulations. Nevertheless, a group of more than 100...
Coming off a “tough” year in which climate activist Bill McKibben admitted the “Keep It In the Ground” movement “lost of a lot of ground,” 2018 hasn’t been much better for anti-fossil fuel extremists. The latest blow came Tuesday via a new paper from centrist...
Most Ohio families celebrated the Fourth of July with their children by participating in activities such as barbecuing, watching fireworks and taking in patriotic parades. But that wasn’t the case for everyone. Appalachia Resist! – the most rogue anti-fracking group in the state – gathered...
As spring becomes summer, there are a few things about which Californians always justifiably complain. June gloom. The waiting list for a boat to Alcatraz. The Major League team that isn’t living up to its potential (I’m looking at you, Dodgers). But nothing is more...
As children we learned the truism that “there is no free lunch.” However, this lesson seems to have been lost on many California climate activists, academics and legislators who tout “all or nothing” proposals involving renewable energy while forgetting that even carbon-free energy has many...
UPDATE (4/9/18, 5:40 EST) Dr. Larry Wolk, Chief Medical Officer and Executive Director of the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE), has just weighed in on the latest study by Lisa McKenzie. Here’s what he had to say: This study confirms our 2017...
The oil and gas development process, including associated regulations designed to protect water resources, is “managed best” at the state level, a recent report from the Groundwater Protection Council (GWPC), a nonprofit organization made up of groundwater regulatory agencies, finds. The report notes that while...
Today, more public testimony will be heard on State Rep. and Colorado Attorney General candidate Joe Salazar’s (D) bill, HB18-1071 — also known as the “Martinez/Earth Guardian” bill —ahead of a vote in the Colorado State Senate Ag Committee. We have covered both the bill...
The Center for Biological Diversity (CBD) recently filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration for reissuing a permit that would allow wastewater from oil and gas operations to be released in the Gulf of Mexico, resulting in numerous headlines suggesting wrongdoing. But not only does...
EID has been following the progress of Senate Bill 462 as it makes its way through the Florida Senate. What is clear after the first hearing on the proposed legislation to ban fracking in Florida is that this all-too-familiar effort is based on the same...
2017 ended on a note of common sense when on December 28, Monterey County Superior Court Judge Thomas Willis issued a strongly argued “intended decision” on Measure Z, the activist attempt to ban all oil and gas development in the County through a prohibition on...