by Greg Walcher, E&E Legal Senior Policy Fellow As appearing in the Daily Sentinel Coloradans who pay close attention to Western water issues have monitored California’s internal water wars for years. Leaders there have worked for decades to address long-term water shortages for farms in the San Joaquin Valley, while their giant metropolitan cities continue [...]
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 Katy Grimes As Appearing in the California Globe I find it fascinating how quiet they are about the amount of money they are raking in’ California has the highest gas taxes in the country, and some of the worst roads and highways. Californians were promised that if voters refused to repeal Senate Bill 1, [...]
by Greg Walcher, E&E Legal Senior Policy Fellow As appearing in the Daily Sentinel Last week’s column about wolves carrying coronavirus touched a nerve with some readers, concerned about the current epidemic. One took me to task about scientific accuracy, so it makes sense to clarify it. To be sure, I get taken to task [...]
by H. Sterling Burnett As appearing on Townhall.com Members of the Republican caucus seem not to have learned the lessons of the 2018 election cycle: Climate change is a loser for Republicans trying to play the “me too” game by offering policies intended to demonstrate liberals aren’t the only ones fighting it. Unless one already [...]
by Greg Walcher, E&E Legal Senior Policy Fellow As appearing in the Daily Sentinel A famous 1970s TV commercial warned, “It’s not nice to fool Mother Nature.” In fact, it’s worse than “not nice” — it’s dangerous. Coloradans will make a momentous decision on this year’s ballot, whether to mess with Mother Nature by introducing [...]
by Timothy Cama E&E News reporter The battle for the future of the Republican Party's climate change policy was bubbling under the surface yesterday at the country's largest annual conservative confab. The Conservative Political Action Conference, held in suburban Washington, has long featured events and engagement from groups that challenge the scientific consensus that climate [...]
by Greg Walcher, E&E Legal Senior Policy Fellow As appearing in the Daily Sentinel Colorado River managers have struggled most of my life to administer interstate agreements in the face of dwindling flows. It was a perennial issue long before anyone heard of global warming, yet we’re now told that is why the river has [...]
by Katy Grimes As Appearing in the California Globe They weren’t using ‘science’ for climate change decisions? “Assemblywoman Laura Friedman (D-Glendale) introduced legislation that would ensure the state’s actions and investment on climate change adaption is science-based,” reads a press statement from Friedman. “The measure, Assembly Bill 2371, creates an advisory team of distinguished scientists [...]
by Steve Milloy, E&E Legal Senior Policy Fellow and Junkscience.com Founder As Appearing in the Washington Examiner Few Republican politicians are interested in wrecking the economy with pointless climate regulations. But that doesn’t mean they can’t be pressured into less harmful but equally pointless regulations, such as carbon capture and storage. House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy [...]
