by Kevin Mooney The Washington Examiner Joe Biden and running mate Sen. Kamala Harris are both on record opposing innovative drilling techniques that have transformed Pennsylvania into a major energy producer. The former vice president expressed his hostility toward the process of hydraulic fracturing, widely known as "fracking," during a March debate with Sen. Bernie Sanders. Biden [...]
by Valerie Richardson Washington Times Former Vice President Joseph R. Biden insisted Monday that he would not ban fracking as president, seeking to reassure pivotal swing-state voters benefiting from the oil-and-gas boom fueled by hydraulic fracturing in Pennsylvania. “I am not banning fracking,” Mr. Biden said in a speech at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh. “Let me say that [...]
by Steve Milloy, Senior Policy Fellow and Junkscience.com Founder As appearing on RealClear Markets Joe Biden says he wouldn’t ban fracking. But the Democratic National Committee’s climate advisory panel, led by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, says fracking should be banned. What are we to believe? Biden is the candidate, of course, and the position should be [...]
by Valerie Richardson The Washington Times Biden calls for 'no new fracking' at CNN primary debate Former Vice President Joseph R. Biden’s unexpectedly strong anti-fracking comments at Sunday’s presidential primary debate rattled industry supporters but failed to win over Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. The Green New Deal sponsor tweeted that the Biden campaign’s $1.7 trillion climate-change initiative was [...]
by Steve Milloy, E&E Legal Senior Policy Fellow and Junkscience.com Founder As Appearing on RealClear Energy Bernie Sanders just introduced a bill to ban fracking on federal lands. Consider what would and would not happen if anti-frackers like Sanders had their way. Fracking has been an energy game changer, if not a miracle. Before large-scale [...]
by Nick Snow Oil & Gas Journal US states that embraced hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling staged stronger economic recoveries than those that did not since 2008 when the country plunged into recession, an economist told a House Energy and Commerce subcommittee. “In those states that have chosen to pursue energy development, output and jobs have grown faster than [...]
by Alyssa Carducci Heartlander Magazine New York’s highest court ruled municipalities can use zoning laws to ban hydraulic fracturing, adding to the frustration energy producers are experiencing in the state. The New York Court of Appeals voted 5-2 to allow municipalities to ban fracking, affirming more than 170 municipalities in the state that have enacted [...]
by Steven Greenhut Human Events SACRAMENTO — Environmentalists are gleeful at the news reported last week by the U.S. Energy Information Administration that the amount of recoverable oil from California’s Monterey Shale formation — predicted to be the nation’s largest reserve of oil — is a whopping 96-percent below original production estimates. In response, more than 100 environmental groups signed [...]
by Valerie Richardson Washington Times DENVER — Environmentalists are still waiting for proof that hydraulic fracturing makes people sick, but that’s not stopping them from whipping up anxiety over public health. Two high-profile research papers seeking connections between hydraulic fracturing and health issues in Garfield County, Colo., are being trumpeted as evidence that fracking is [...]
