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New West Texas Shale Oil Discovery Upends Expectations
Opinion -A new assessment of one portion of a West Texas oil field known as the Wolfcamp formation indicates it holds 20 billion barrels of oil. -
Shale Industry Challenges New PA Fracking Regulations
Opinion -The Marcellus Shale Coalition, an industry group representing drillers that use fracking to extract natural gas, sued to delay implementation of new regulations that would force drillers to consider identify and plug any nearby abandoned wells. -
Federal Flood Insurance Promotes Poor Building Decisions
Opinion -The national flood insurance program encourages poor siting decisions for structures in flood plains and along the coasts. -
County Commission to Obama: Don’t Establish Bears Ears National Monument
Opinion -Utah’s San Juan County Commission unanimously passed a resolution opposing the creation of Bears Ears National Monument (BENM) in within its boundaries as the 1.9 million acre monument would take up 37 percent San Juan County’s land. -
University of Pennsylvania Rejects Calls for Fossil-Fuel Divestment
Opinion -The University of Pennsylvania rejected calls from activist groups to divest all fossil-fuel holdings in its endowment, determining such investments did not amount to moral corruption. -
Legislative Pulse: Fighting for Oklahoma’s Environmental Laws, Against Federal Overreach
Opinion -Oklahoma state Rep. Mark McBride (R-Moore) explains why Oklahoma is right to challenge the federal clean power plan and proposed methane rules, saying they are an unnecessary overreach by federal bureaucrats. -
Feds Seize Management of Nearly 100 Million Acres of Alaskan Lands
Opinion -In a series of moves, the Obama administration seized control of nearly 100 million acres in Alaska over the past year, threatening state sovereignty and the environment. -
New California Methane Regulations Expected to Raise Meat and Dairy Prices
Opinion -As part of an environmental spending bill, California’s Democrat-controlled legislature approved provisions forcing dairies and livestock producers to reduce methane emissions from manure 40 percent below 2013 levels by 2030. -
Geothermal Energy Shows Promise, Though Cost Limits Potential
Opinion -Geothermal energy receives relatively little media attention even though it does not suffer from the intermittency problems plaguing wind and solar power and is cheaper than those sources of power. -
Book Defends Sound Science Against Politicization
Opinion -In Standing with Giants, 14 scientists pay tribute to Elizabeth Whelan by providing sound science on topics including energy, climate change, air pollution and biotechnology. -
Environmental Prosecutions Decline Under President Obama
Opinion -The number of criminal prosecutions pursued by the Environmental Protection Agency have fallen by half during the last five years under the Obama administration. -
Survey: Many Americans Still Skeptical Scientists Understand Climate Change
Opinion -A Pew Research Center survey indicates a majority of Americans do not believe scientists understand the causes or consequences of climate change well. -
Feral Cat Feces Killing Wildlife in Hawaii
Opinion -Federal researchers say the cat feces carries a disease decimating endangered Hawaiian monk seal populations. -
Rainforest Group Says Actor DiCaprio Should Resign UN Environment Post
Opinion -The Bruno Manser Funds, a rainforest charity, called on actor and environmental activist Leonardo DiCaprio to give up his title as United Nations Messenger of Peace with a special focus on climate change. -
President Obama Establishes 17th Wildlife Refuge of His Presidency
Opinion -On October 25, the U.S. Department of the Interior announced the creation of a new, 15,000-acre, Great Thicket National Wildlife Refuge. -
Eco-Terrorists Attack Hawaiian Hydro-Power Project, FBI, Police Investigate
Opinion -Police on the Hawaiian Island of Kauai have asked the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) for help in capturing eco-terrorists who attacked a concrete water diversion pipeline and dam providing power to two hydro-power generators. -
Study Shows Fracking Not Causing Air Quality Spikes Near Wells
Opinion -New research shows air quality is not being harmed by fracking wells in Southwest Texas. -
California to Regulate Cow Pies, Farts
Opinion -California has enacted a new law forcing dairies and livestock producers to reduce methane emissions from manure 40 percent below their 2013 levels by 2030. -
Court Upholds Off-Road Vehicle Access in Florida Preserve
Opinion -Tossing out a legal challenge by six environmental groups, the 11th Federal Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in favor of a National Park Service plan allowing more than 130 miles of off-road vehicle trails in the Big Cypress National Preserve. -
EPA Captures More Landfills Under Emissions Regime with New Rules
Opinion -The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently finalized new rules that will bring greater numbers of landfills under EPA oversight for air emissions. -
University of Pennsylvania Rejects Fossil Fuel Divestment Pressure
Opinion -The University of Pennsylvania (UP) has joined a growing list of major universities to reject calls by environmental groups to divest fossil fuel investments from their endowments. -
Federal Court Strikes Down Illegal New Jersey Hunting Trophy Ban
Opinion -On August 29, Federal District Court Judge Freda Wolfson overturned New Jersey’s ban on exporting, importing, possessing, processing, and transporting hunting trophies of select African wildlife. -
Constitutional Amendments Supporting Hunting and Fishing on Ballots in Indiana, Kansas
Opinion -In November, voters in Indiana and Kansas will likely approve constitutional amendments guaranteeing the right to hunt and fish in their respective states. -
The Climate Action Network: Funding Climate Alarmist Stunts Around the World
Opinion -Climate Action Network International and its U.S. subsidiary, the U.S. Climate Action Network, are climate-alarmist coordination centers with unique access to climate negotiations and an outsized influence on climate policies.
