
MPs on Wednesday voted in favour of the use of fracking to extract shale gas under national parks, weakening a decision against fracking in national parks made earlier this year and giving shale gas explorers access to more resources. Britain
by Reuters16 Dec 2015, 8:41 AM PST0

Britain should begin exploratory drilling or fracking of shale gas sites to allow the industry and government to fully assess its economic benefits for the country, a shale gas industry-funded task force said on Tuesday. Britain is estimated to have
by Reuters15 Dec 2015, 1:16 AM PST0

California Gov. Jerry Brown may think he has staked a position on the environment that will please the left, but he hasn’t gone far enough: groups that oppose fracking are targeting him in Paris on Wednesday afternoon with a protest at the Le Bourget conference site.
by William Bigelow9 Dec 2015, 8:08 AM PST0

Contents: Oil prices crash and OPEC collapses over Iran-Saudi rivalry; Kazakhstan may be forced to choose between Russia and Turkey
by John J. Xenakis8 Dec 2015, 4:00 AM PST0

California Gov. Jerry Brown is “playing president” at the UN climate change conference in Paris, according to veteran political prognosticator Larry Sabato of the University of Virginia.
by Joel B. Pollak6 Dec 2015, 5:29 AM PST0

Yet another in a very long string of state and national polls shows that “climate change” is not a high priority for voters, and they haven’t paid much attention to the latest climate confab in Paris, which had a carbon footprint bigger than a thousand normal Americans living average lives for an entire year.
by John Hayward4 Dec 2015, 7:11 AM PST0

Actor and environmental activist Mark Ruffalo will executive produce and narrate a new documentary challenging President Obama’s record on climate change and environmental policy.
by Daniel Nussbaum25 Nov 2015, 9:09 AM PST0

A consumer watchdog group is urging citizens to test Jerry Brown’s claim that any California resident can have the state prepare a report on their property’s oil and gas potential–just as it did for him.
by William Bigelow11 Nov 2015, 11:32 AM PST0

Jerry Brown’s alleged use of California state staff to access geological data may have been related to an effort to maximize the potential for fracking on the Governor’s private land.
by Chriss W. Street11 Nov 2015, 5:50 AM PST0

California governor Jerry Brown used state experts to prepare a 51-page report on the prospects for oil development on his family’s private land in Northern California, according to an Associated Press investigation released early Thursday morning.
by Joel B. Pollak5 Nov 2015, 5:06 AM PST0

The Texas Railroad Commission says wastewater injection wells located northwest of Fort Worth are not the cause of a cluster of area earthquakes that happened over a year ago and they agreed to allow two energy companies to keep their drilling
by Merrill Hope5 Nov 2015, 3:45 AM PST0

Actor and environmental activist Mark Ruffalo is calling on California Gov. Jerry Brown to end the state’s usage of fossil fuels for oil extraction and move to 100 percent renewable energy.
by Daniel Nussbaum29 Oct 2015, 11:14 AM PST0

Despite $225 billion in secured debt and prices collapsing by 55 percent, the oil fracking industry continues to boom due to rapidly increasing productivity.
by Chriss W. Street27 Oct 2015, 12:01 AM PST0

Huge numbers of women are opposed to fracking because they don’t understand the science behind the process, a leading female scientist has claimed. Men are nearly twice as likely to support fracking as women, research has shown. Professor Averil Macdonald
by Donna Rachel Edmunds23 Oct 2015, 5:09 AM PST0

A new study by the Pew Center reveals that atheists are far more likely to see a conflict between faith and science than religious believers.
by Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D.22 Oct 2015, 10:12 AM PST0

Friends of the Earth has been ridiculed after suggesting sand cause cancer, in their latest attempt to demonise hydraulic fracturing (fracking). The group distributed thousands of leaflets claiming fracking could lead to cancer because it involves “pumping millions of litres
by Nick Hallett20 Oct 2015, 11:38 AM PST0

Anti-fracking campaigners have been accused of stealing people’s identities and making false objections to an application to extract shale gas in northern England. Officials discovered the potential fraud attempt after finding uncanny similarities between letters objecting to shale gas extraction,
by Nick Hallett15 Oct 2015, 6:03 AM PST0

Washington’s overreach has been rolled back by courts and commissioners. In little more than 30 days, there have been five distinct cases that you may have missed—each a victory for responsible land use.
by Marita Noon6 Oct 2015, 7:48 AM PST0

Journalist and filmmaker Phelim McAleer is releasing a new short film that draws attention to the scaremongering and deceptive tactics of anti-fracking activists.
by Breitbart News29 Sep 2015, 1:54 PM PST0

Josh Fox claims to be a documentary filmmaker, but in reality he is a political activist who uses health hoaxes to scare people.
by Phelim McAleer29 Sep 2015, 7:50 AM PST0

Michigan’s Alpena Biorefinery announced that it is taking a “sabbatical,” after drinking $22 million of taxpayers’ stimulus cash and after consuming unknown amounts of additional and indirect taxpayer funding—all just to show it could convert wood chips into pure alcohol.
by Chriss W. Street6 Sep 2015, 8:47 PM PST0

California governor Jerry Brown, who owes much of his personal fortune to oil, blasted the oil industry Monday, saying it provides a “highly destructive” product.
by Joel B. Pollak26 Aug 2015, 6:44 AM PST0

Energy campaigners have called on the British government to “realise” at least one shale project in the UK, to prove the technology’s worth and to prevent investors drifting away to projects abroad. “The most important step now is to kick-start one shale
by Donna Rachel Edmunds18 Aug 2015, 8:55 AM PST0

The British government will give its communities minister the power to directly approve shale gas permits, removing decision-making from local politicians who have in the past months blocked the progress of Britain’s first such wells. In late June, local government
by Reuters13 Aug 2015, 12:57 AM PST0

The final version of the California Council on Science & Technology study required under interim approval of hydraulic fracturing in the Golden State just reported that despite public concerns, there is no “science-based evidence” that fracking hurts the environment.
by Chriss W. Street15 Jul 2015, 4:00 AM PST0