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Cause and Effect: Foreign Oil Imports Continue to Grow as California Denies New Fracking Permits
Citing the need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, California officials denied 21 fracking permits this week. What they didn’t mention was that the permit denials are more likely to benefit foreign oil producers than the environment. State Oil and Gas Supervisor Uduak-Joe Ntuk cited climate...
California Bill Banning Fracking, Restricting Production Dies in Committee
Fracking opponents suffered a defeat in California, where SB467, legislation that would have severely restricted energy production in the state, failed to pass a committee vote. Moderate Democrats on the California Senate Natural Resources and Water Committee blocked the bill from advancing, a sign that...
Anti-Fracking Candidates Lose in California Democratic Primaries
This week voters in California took to the polls and anti-fracking candidates didn’t do so well. Ahead of the primaries Senator Bernie Sanders held a press conference in Monterey County in which he repeated debunked activist talking points and vowed he would seek a complete...
Sanders Rehashes Debunked Anti-Fracking Talking Points at California Press Conference
Ahead of next week’s primary in California – the nation’s third largest oil producing state – Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders shifted his focus to attacking energy production, holding a press conference in Monterey County (where there is no fracking) to reiterate his support for a...
The Science on Fracking in California
Hydraulic fracturing (“fracking”) is used throughout the United States to produce oil and gas from “tight” shale formations bringing along with it good-paying jobs, economic growth, and reduced CO2 emissions. California is nation’s third largest energy producing state and fracking here is a bit different than elsewhere in the...
WATCH: Hollywood Actors and Activists Debunked by California Independent Peer-Reviewed Study on Fracking
There is a long tradition of Hollywood actors using “celebrity science” to advance a political agenda. Nowhere is that tradition more apparent than in the home of Hollywood itself — California — were celebrities are involved in a misguided effort to ban hydraulic fracturing. If...
Five Activist Claims Debunked by Latest Study on Fracking in California
Californians who value clean air and clean water — as well as a robust economy — got good news this week. After a process mandated by SB 4, the strictest regulations on hydraulic fracturing (fracking) in the country, the independent California Council on Science and...
California’s Strictest-in-the-Nation Fracking Regulations Now Permanent
For many decades, California has been a pioneer in implementing strict regulations to reduce emissions and protect the environment. Today, we continue that tradition as the rules required by SB 4 – California’s landmark law strictly regulating hydraulic fracturing and other well-stimulation techniques – become permanent....
The Good News: No Seismic Activity Linked to Injection Wells or Fracking in California
Several studies have been released recently that add to our understanding of the potential for oil and gas injection wells to cause earthquakes strong enough to be felt, a phenomenon known as “induced seismicity.” These studies have examined seismic activity in areas like Oklahoma, Texas,...
Environment California Anti-Fracking Video Peddles Long-Debunked Claims
An activist group called “Environment California” (EC) recently released a cartoon video that purports to explain the “science” behind the routine and well-understood technology of hydraulic fracturing. Instead, the video spreads misinformation from its opening sentence to its closing credits. For anyone who is familiar...