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…
Three anti-fracking trespassers were convicted and will spend time in jail resulting from a jury verdict. According to BBC, the hooligans climbed on lorries (i.e. motorized land vehicles) at Cuadrilla’s site at Preston New Road near Little Plumpton during July of last year, that lasted less than 100 hours. During sentencing, the judge said had…
The Sierra Club is actively campaigning against the sale of drilling leases in Colorado issued by the US Interior Department to allow oil and gas companies to drill for fossil fuels in areas located near the Great Sand Dunes National Park which is located in the south-central part of the state. According to The Daily…
The fracking revolution has transformed America into a global energy powerhouse. Yet, the public holds many misconceptions towards the fracking process. Joe Leimkuhler, vice president of drilling at LLOG Exploration, explains the myths and realities of fracking.
A study published Friday in the journal Environmental Monitoring and Assessment authored by Geologists with the University of Cincinnati reveals no evidence of natural gas contamination in Ohio drinking water from counties where recent oil and gas drilling took place due to their proximity to the Utica Shale formation. According to Science Codex, the scientists…
The multinational petrochemical company Ineos brought a court action against Scotland recently. It was brought in response to a recent ban enacted by the Scottish parliament on fracking. According to the UK Telegraph, the Scottish government denies any such ban is in place and that government ministers are still considering the issue. What was enacted,…
