By Hank Campbell | July 15th 2019, Science 2.0 A study has taken a look at the radii of homes with measured data near natural gas wells and statistically linked that to higher radon. While some in media will use that to sound this week’s ‘science is killing us’ alarm, the reality is that something…
by Jennifer Van Laar, July 7, 2019, Red State Seismologists with the US Geological Survey and CalTech have been an invaluable resource for both the press and the public in the wake of two major earthquakes near Ridgecrest, California this weekend. They’ve given hours-long press conferences and answered detailed questions about the earthquakes that have…
The purpose of written constitutions (such as the United State Constitution and the constitutions of America’s respective states) is the protection of individual rights. One argument the Right uses on occasion to make their case for certain policies is the concept of local control. It is grounded in the basis that local municipalities and communities…
Three people could face jail if found in contempt of court over Blackpool protest The Guardian Three anti-fracking protesters have gone on trial accused of breaking an injunction designed to stop disruption of a fracking site in Lancashire. Katrina Lawrie, Lee Walsh and Christopher Wilson took part in a “lock-on” at Preston New Road, near…
By Andy Jehring 15 Jun 2019 The Sun A FRACKING protester clambered on equipment and shackled herself down – while illegally claiming thousands on one of the highest level of disability benefit. Catherine Jackson, 51, said she could barely stand due to arthritis and rarely left the house due to panic attacks despite attending the…
BY CHUCK MCFADDEN POSTED 05.20.2019 Capitol Weekley Once again, the stage is being set for a multi-pronged battle in California between environmentalists and the Trump administration. On May 9, the federal government announced plans to open 725,500 acres of public lands on California’s Central Coast and the Bay Area to new oil and gas drilling.…
Toward the end of October, scientist and author Matt Ridley called out opponents of fracking for falsely claiming that fracking was causing earthquakes in Lancshire, Great Britain. Ridley stated in an op-ed in The Times of London: Last Saturday, BBC Radio 4 ran throughout the day with headline news about the shale-gas company Cuadrilla causing…
