Fracking

Fracking is an opportunity for California and not a threat

By: Dave Quast 10/12/12 6:11 PM

When the recent debate over hydraulic fracturing in California first got started, Gov. Jerry Brown made a statement that’s worth recalling: “California is the fourth-largest oil producing state and we want to continue that.” Fortunately, we have the resources and the technology to ensure we remain a leading energy producer. Read More

Oil fracking needs state’s oversight

By: SF Examiner Editorial 09/11/12 6:36 PM

Tens of thousands of acres of federal land in California could soon be opened to companies that will use hydraulic fracturing — commonly referred to as fracking — to extract oil and natural gas. But the sale of the mineral rights to the land, and the process of fracking itself, should be halted throughout California until safeguards are put into place to put checks on a system that is currently nearly free of governmental oversight. Read More

Will ‘fracking’ enemies stop industrial renaissance?

By: SF Examiner Editorial 06/18/11 9:00 PM

Hardly a day goes by without somebody in government or the media complaining about all the jobs that U.S. corporations have moved overseas, or lamenting the loss of the American heartland’s once-mighty industrial capacity. Read More

The left’s war on fracking heats up

By: The Examiner 04/12/11 8:21 AM

Since at least the 1969 Santa Barbara oil spill, liberals have made the end of domestic oil production the cornerstone of the environmental movement. As a result, hundreds of billions of barrels of oil have been left undeveloped causing hire gas prices and lost jobs. But at least the left allowed U.S. Read More

Energy In Depth says 'Gaslands' star lied about Colorado fracking

By: Mark Tapscott 02/20/11 2:46 PM

If you pay any attention at all to energy issues, odds are good you've heard in recent days about two things - a so-called documentary film, Gasland,' and the alleged environmental evils of hydraulic fracturing, or "fracking." There is more truth about the latter in the first 2,000 pages of the New York City telephone directory than anywhere in Gasland. Read More

Another publication discovers U.S. on verge of energy independence without green fuels

By: Mark Tapscott 12/08/10 1:18 PM

Toronto's Globe & Mail quotes a UN report that includes this observation: "Within a decade or so, North America will almost certainly emerge as the world’s biggest supplier – and exporter – of reasonably cheap energy." Read More

Natural Resources Defense Council accuses Environmental Defense Fund of spinning for oil and gas industry

By: Mark Hemingway 10/31/10 7:00 PM

Well, that’s the long and short of it anyway. Amy Mall of the Natural Resources Defense Council criticizes a recent blog post of mine where I discussed the controversy over fracking, a.k.a. hydraulic fracturing — a process that involves pumping a solution that is 99 percent sand and water, plus a few trace chemicals, underground at high pressure to extract natural gas: Read More

Environmental Defense Fund admits propaganda effort against natural gas exploration is bunk

By: Mark Hemingway 10/25/10 7:00 PM

In January, the documentary Gasland won a special jury prize at the Sundance Film Festival. The documentary attacked the process of “fracking,” which involves pumping a solution that is 99 percent sand and water, plus a few trace chemicals, underground at high pressure. This creates fractures in the rock formations that allow oil and gas to flow to collection points. The film claimed that the process pollutes groundwater with devastating consequences. Read More

‘Gasland’ film is full of (ahem) naturally occurring methane

By: Barbara Hollingsworth 06/23/10 12:00 AM

Pennsylvania’s secretary of the environment says “Gasland” – an award-winning HBO documentary about the natural gas industry in which he appears – is “fundamentally dishonest” and “a deliberately false presentation for dramatic effect.” Read More

Shale gas fracking opponents injured in head-on collision with facts in Texas

By: Mark Tapscott 05/12/10 12:00 AM

An incident Tuesday in Texas graphically demonstrates that truth is invariably among the first casualties whenever environmental extremists on the Left and their allies in government and the media campaign to stop something. Enviros are mobilizing in a campaign to stop hydraulic fracturing, the process energy companies use to get to trillions of cubic feet of previously inaccessible natural gas and oil. Read More