“Crisis in Public Confidence” Moves Three Fracking Moratorium Bills Forward

By Dan Aiello
In a vote along party lines, three bills calling for a halt to hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, in the Golden State moved forward Monday.
“At a minimum, there is a crisis in public confidence” with the state’s ability to regulate fracki…

Showdown on California Fracking Moratorium Set for Monday

By Dan Aiello
A key committee vote on legislation calling for a halt to hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, in California that would effectively stop out of state oil companies from reaching California’s vast Monterey Shale deposit is set for Monday in …

Environmentalists Decry “Poor” Notification of First Fracking Hearing in L.A.

By Dan Aiello
In a letter to Governor Jerry Brown Jr.’s supervisor of oil and gas at California’s Division of Oil, Gas, and Geothermal Resources (DOGGR), Kassie Siegel, director of the Climate Law Institute protested what she sees as a circumvention of…

Environmentalists Decry "Poor" Notification of First Fracking Hearing in L.A.

By Dan Aiello
In a letter to Governor Jerry Brown Jr.’s supervisor of oil and gas at California’s Division of Oil, Gas, and Geothermal Resources (DOGGR), Kassie Siegel, director of the Climate Law Institute protested what she sees as a circumvention of…

"No Confidence" State Will Protect Californians from Fracking, Senators Told

By Dan Aiello
At a joint committee hearing yesterday to discuss the administration’s proposed oil and gas regulations to monitor a method of extraction known as fracking, California senators were told by one Ventura County supervisor that the state’s l…