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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...
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...
Bipartisan Opposition Kills Colorado’s Proposed Fracking Ban
The Colorado Senate Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee delivered a decisive blow to a proposed fracking ban, SB-159, after a marathon Thursday evening session that witnessed robust debate on the future of oil and gas in the state. The bill encountered even more bipartisan opposition...
‘We Simply Don’t Have That Authority’: Newsom Pushes Fracking Ban He Once Called Illegal
The state of California recently issued proposed regulations to ban fracking outright, threatening thousands of jobs and billions in economic activity in the Golden State. The proposed rules, issued by the Department of Conservation’s Geologic Energy Management Division this month, fulfill a 2021 order from...
CO Legislators Reignite Oil & Gas Wars With ‘Wildly Unpopular’ Fracking Ban
This week several Centennial State Democrats are gearing up to introduce a trio of bills directly targeting Colorado energy producers, threatening to reignite oil and gas wars Governor Polis declared an end to in 2019 when he signed SB-181 overhauling a host of energy sector...
Here We Go Again…Anti-Fracking Group Peddles Junk Science, Discounts Massive Benefits Natural Gas Has on Appalachia
Benjamin Franklin once said: “In this world, nothing is certain except death and taxes” – that, and that the “Keep It In the Ground” Ohio River Valley Group will use junk science to peddle misinformation discounting the massive benefits natural gas has on the Appalachian...
California Governor Proposes Windfall Profit Tax After Working to Shut Down State’s Oil Production
The irony is lost on Calif. Gov. Gavin Newsom (D), who is now calling for a windfall profits tax in the wake of high gasoline prices after spending much of the past two years seeking to shut down oil production in the state. Newsom posted...