May 18, 2013 By Chris Reed Say what you will about The New York Times, but at least it's not in denial about fracking the way The Los Angeles Times is. Friday's LAT coverage of new U.S. Interior Department rules for fracking on 756 million acres of public and Indian lands depicted the rules...
Posts Tagged ‘energy’Obama interior secretary shreds fracking foes — LAT omitsSaturday, May 18th, 2013Evidence Keeps Building Of Flaws In State’s Carbon AuctionSunday, December 9th, 2012 Dec. 09, 2012 By John Hrabe California’s cap and trade regulators can’t seem to do anything right. Taxpayers, businesses and even some environmentalists are exposing the serious flaws with the state’s carbon auction. Small businesses have criticized the landmark greenhouse gas emissio... Shocking media development: An honest take on AB 32′s costsWednesday, November 14th, 2012Nov. 14, 2012 By Chris Reed Here's how terrible California media coverage of AB 32 has been: Lots of people reading Dan Walters' column today about the economic toll that it will take are probably surprised. Remember back in 2010? In covering Prop. 23, which would have blocked AB 32's imple... New York Times’ ignorance on California: How it’s revealing about state Dems, mediaMonday, October 15th, 2012 Oct. 15, 2012 By Chris Reed On Sunday, The New York Times printed a long article about the California government's move to implement AB 32, the landmark 2006 state law forcing a shift to cleaner but costlier types of energy. Its adoption was driven by the idea that it would inspire the rest of... Pollution increase would be ‘negligible’ from consumer-friendly move on gasoline pricesSunday, October 7th, 2012 Editor's note: Soon after this was posted Sunday morning, Jerry Brown took our advice -- and even used the term "negligible" to describe the effects on the environment. Coincidence? Probably. But still! Oct. 7, 2012 By Chris Reed The shocking run-up in gasoline prices endured by Califor... In the spirit of ‘Animal Farm’: Some projects are more ‘worthwhile’ than othersFriday, September 21st, 2012By Chris Reed Sept. 21 The difference between the federal government’s go-slow-or-is-it-no-go approach on the Keystone XL oil pipeline and the let’s-get-it-done push for the first segment of the California bullet train is instructive, in that in both cases we are told that environmental rule... Calif. refuses to generate own electricityFriday, August 3rd, 2012Aug. 3, 2012 By Joseph Perkins George Santayana famously warned, “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” So it is that, only a decade after the Great California Energy Crisis, during which wholesale electricity prices ran up 800 percent in an eight-month span, s... CA Motorists Pay Through the HoseFriday, February 17th, 2012Feb. 17, 2012 Newt Gingrich, the Republican presidential candidate, was in California this week to attend a series of campaign fund-raisers. He was provocative as usual as he spoke to supporters. He called for the impeachment or replacement of the activist U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in ... California Energy Crash ComingWednesday, February 8th, 2012 FEB. 8, 2012 By KATY GRIMES Ready for more electricity blackouts? With California's renewable energy mandates, cap and trade requirements, and implementation of AB 32, it is becoming increasingly clear that California is at a precarious energy crossroads, and one that lawmakers don't yet ap... North Dakota Leads the Way on JobsWednesday, December 21st, 2011 John Seiler: I wrote back in July contrasting North Dakota's rock-bottom unemployment rate with California's second-highest rate among the 50 states. I blamed the Golden State plight on our high taxes and strangulating regulations. A reader responded: Do you know much about North Dakota? It’s ... |