RuPaul: Environmental outcry after Drag Race star suggests he allows fracking on ranch

4 days, 1 hour ago

Biden Bans Fossil Fuel Drilling Across 600 Million Acres Of U.S. Waters

President Joe Biden on Monday signed memoranda banning offshore oil and gas drilling across more than 600 million acres off the Atlantic and Pacific coasts. Jim Julien/Design Pics Editorial/Universal Images Group via Getty Images President Joe Biden on Monday permanently banned oil and gas drilling across 625 million acres of federal waters. “As the climate crisis continues to threaten communities …

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4 days, 11 hours ago

Biden makes an 11th-hour move to block coastal oil drilling

NPR

Biden makes an 11th-hour move to block coastal oil drilling toggle caption Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images President Biden is using a decades-old law to block drilling for oil in more than 625 million acres of U.S. ocean — the largest region a president has ever protected using this authority. "American voters sent a clear message in support of …

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3 months, 4 weeks ago

Harris supported the Green New Deal. Now she’s promoting domestic oil drilling

LA Times

Workers move a section of well casing into place at a Chesapeake Energy natural gas well site near Burlington, Pa., in 2010. Even as she promoted her efforts to boost clean energy, Vice President Kamala Harris said in Tuesday’s debate that the Democratic administration has overseen “the largest increase in domestic oil production in history because of an approach that …

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4 months ago

Why Harris and Trump are debating the F-word

Politico

Here’s a primer on what the candidates are saying, and what they’re really fighting about. Harris has adopted that as her own position during this year’s White House race, saying on CNN last month that “as president I will not ban fracking.” Seeking to explain her change of mind, Harris pointed to the $1 trillion-plus that the Biden administration has …

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$Harris says she won't ban fracking. What to know about the controversial topic$

4 months, 1 week ago

Harris says she won't ban fracking. What to know about the controversial topic

NPR

Harris says she won't ban fracking. What to know about the controversial topic toggle caption Keith Srakocic/AP In a sit-down interview with CNN on Thursday, Vice President Harris said she wouldn’t ban fracking if elected president, a reversal of her position during her first presidential run. When she first ran for president in 2019, Harris had said she was firmly …

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7 months, 3 weeks ago

Opinion: Whatever Big Oil wants, Big Oil gets. As long as it bankrolls Trump

LA Times

Then-President Trump points at Harold Hamm, head of North Dakota’s largest oil company, Continental Resources, at an event in 2019. What better sign could there be that we’re drowning in political outrage, that we’re inured to it, than this: A national newspaper scooped this month that Donald Trump gathered about two dozen oil industry executives for a chopped steak dinner …

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8 months, 3 weeks ago

Biden administration restricts oil and gas leasing in 13 million acres of Alaska’s petroleum reserve

Associated Press

JUNEAU, Alaska — The Biden administration said Friday it will restrict new oil and gas leasing on 13 million acres of a federal petroleum reserve in Alaska to help protect wildlife such as caribou and polar bears as the Arctic continues to warm. “It’s more than a one-two punch to Alaska,” Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski said, “because when you take …

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$Ohio commission awards bids to frack oil and gas under state parks, wildlife areas$

10 months, 2 weeks ago

Ohio commission awards bids to frack oil and gas under state parks, wildlife areas

Hindustan Times

COLUMBUS, Ohio — An Ohio commission awarded bids to frack oil and gas under state parks Monday, despite statewide backlash and an ongoing investigation into possibly fraudulent support. HT Image The Ohio Oil and Gas Land Management Commission granted the mineral rights to several oil and gas companies, allowing them to frack for oil and gas under land owned by …

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$New Mexico governor proposes $500M to treat fracking wastewater$

11 months, 2 weeks ago

New Mexico governor proposes $500M to treat fracking wastewater

Associated Press

SANTA FE, N.M. — Environmental activists pushed back Monday against an initiative from the governor of New Mexico that would finance the treatment and recycling of oil-industry wastewater, warning that the plan relies on unproven technologies and might propel more water-intensive fracking for oil and natural gas. Michelle Lujan Grisham is seeking legislation and regulatory changes that would allow the …

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$New Mexico governor proposes $500M to treat fracking wastewater$

11 months, 2 weeks ago

New Mexico governor proposes $500M to treat fracking wastewater

The Independent

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Environmental activists pushed back Monday …

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$New Mexico governor proposes $500M to treat fracking wastewater$

1 year, 1 month ago

New Mexico governor proposes $500M to treat fracking wastewater

Associated Press

SANTA FE, N.M. — New Mexico would underwrite development of a strategic new source of water by buying treated water that originates from the used, salty byproducts of oil and natural gas drilling, and help preserve its freshwater aquifers in the process, under a proposal from the state’s Democratic governor. Michelle Lujan Grisham, announced Tuesday from the international climate conference …

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1 year, 4 months ago

Biden bans drilling in Alaskan refuge due to climate crisis

The Independent

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The Biden administration has banned oil and gas drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, …

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$Jacob Rees-Mogg ‘delighted’ to have fracking in his own back garden$

2 years, 3 months ago

Jacob Rees-Mogg ‘delighted’ to have fracking in his own back garden

The Independent

Jacob Rees-Mogg said he would be “delighted” to have his own back garden drilled for shale gas as he defended the Liz Truss government’s push for fracking. I would be delighted – particularly if I get these royalties.” Mr Rees-Mogg said it was only “the socialists” and Green MP Caroline Lucas who oppose fracking, adding: “Well that makes my heart …

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$Jacob Rees-Mogg says Putin has funded fracking opponents$

2 years, 3 months ago

Jacob Rees-Mogg says Putin has funded fracking opponents

The Independent

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “But I would also note that there have been stories widely reported that some of the opposition to fracking …

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2 years, 3 months ago

Fracking won’t solve energy crisis and could cause ‘serious’ damage, watchdog warns

The Independent

The return of fracking will not ease the UK’s energy crisis and could cause “serious” environmental damage, the head of a government watchdog is warning. Lord Deben, chair of the independent Climate Change Committee urged Liz Truss to “look at the facts” – just days before she is expected to give the go-ahead to drilling for shale gas in England. …

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2 years, 6 months ago

Environmental law groups sue Biden administration to block 3,500 oil and gas drilling permits

CNN

CNN — Three environmental law groups have sued the Biden administration in an attempt to block more than 3,500 permit applications from energy companies to drill for oil and gas on public lands. Citing the severity of the climate crisis, the Center for Biological Diversity, the Western Environmental Law Center and the WildEarth Guardians are trying to stop oil and …

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2 years, 7 months ago

All the required $97 million now in place to buy, conserve Banning Ranch

LA Times

An oil pumpjack operates near Encelia, a native shrub and part of the coastal sage scrub plant community in the Banning Ranch oil field on the border of Costa Mesa and Newport Beach. “There’s adrenaline running through my veins,” said Melanie Schlotterbeck, executive director of the Banning Ranch Conservancy. “I’m exceedingly excited.” Schlotterbeck credited a 2019 $50-million donation from philanthropists …

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2 years, 8 months ago

Grassland group: Ranchers need a plan to deal with drought

Associated Press

SIOUX FALLS, S.D — Ranchers say moisture from recent scattered rains are a welcome addition but nowhere near the amount needed to get South Dakota pastures back on track for normal production. Bart Carmichael, of Faith, a coalition board member, said part of his drought plan included selling half of his cow herd over the last year. a rangeland management …

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$NT cattle station owners take on fight against gas company Sweetpea Petroleum over Beetaloo Basin fracking concerns$

2 years, 9 months ago

NT cattle station owners take on fight against gas company Sweetpea Petroleum over Beetaloo Basin fracking concerns

ABC

A legal fight is brewing between cattle producers and a mining company that is looking to explore for gas in the Northern Territory's Beetaloo Basin. Key points: Sweetpea Petroleum plans to explore for gas in the Beetaloo Basin, with the support of a federal government grant Local cattle station owners are fighting to stop the gas company from drilling on …

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2 years, 10 months ago

Cattle ranchers don’t want Montana wolves moved to Colorado

Associated Press

FORT COLLINS, Colo. — The Montana Stockgrowers Association has asked its state wildlife agency to reject any requests to capture wolves in Montana to be transplanted in Colorado, after voters there narrowly passed a wolf reintroduction plan. The Montana cattle ranchers say Colorado ranchers don’t have management tools in place to protect their property from wolves, the Fort Collins Coloradoan …

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$Did California issue its last fracking permit? Let’s hope so$

3 years ago

Did California issue its last fracking permit? Let’s hope so

LA Times

The sun sets over an oil field near the Kern County community of McKittrick. Earlier this year, state oil and gas regulators quietly began denying hydraulic fracturing permits on climate change grounds, without waiting to finish regulations to ban fracking by 2024 that Gov. Since July, the state Geologic Energy Management Division has denied 109 permits sought by oil companies …

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3 years, 5 months ago

Woodside's plans to convert old offshore oil facility into artificial reef could set precedent for industry

ABC

Australia's biggest oil and gas company plans to dump part of an oil facility it failed to properly maintain on the sea floor to create an "artificial reef", less than two kilometres from the Ningaloo Coast Reef World Heritage Area in Western Australia. Key points: "Rig-to-reef" programs convert parts of decommissioned offshore oil facilities into artificial reefs They are common …

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3 years, 5 months ago

Biden Promised To End New Drilling On Federal Land, But Approvals Are Up

NPR

Biden Promised To End New Drilling On Federal Land, But Approvals Are Up Enlarge this image toggle caption Charlie Riedel/AP Charlie Riedel/AP BILLINGS, Mont. — Approvals for companies to drill for oil and gas on U.S. public lands are on pace this year to reach their highest level since George W. Bush was president, underscoring President Joe Biden's reluctance to …

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3 years, 6 months ago

Boom in Native American oil complicates Biden climate push

Associated Press

NEW TOWN, N.D. — On oil well pads carved from the wheat fields around Lake Sakakawea, hundreds of pump jacks slowly bob to extract 100 million barrels of crude annually from a reservation shared by three Native American tribes. But Biden exempted Native American lands from a suspension of new oil and gas leases on government-managed land in deference to …

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3 years, 8 months ago

Fracking ban fails to advance in California Legislature

Associated Press

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California lawmakers Tuesday rejected a bill that would have banned fracking in the state, succumbing to pressure from the powerful oil and gas industry and their labor union allies who warned the bill would have cost good-paying jobs. “There is a large stain on California’s climate record, and that is oil,” Wiener said during a committee hearing …

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$No, Joe Biden didn’t just ban fracking$

3 years, 11 months ago

No, Joe Biden didn’t just ban fracking

CNN

New York CNN Business — President Joe Biden is cracking down on the oil-and-gas industry, but he is not taking the extreme steps the Trump campaign claimed he would last fall. Last week, the Biden administration imposed a 60-day suspension of new oil and gas leasing and drilling permits on federal lands unless the Interior Department’s leaders approved them. “We …

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3 years, 11 months ago

Biden halts oil and gas leases, permits on US land and water

Associated Press

— The Biden administration announced Thursday a 60-day suspension of new oil and gas leasing and drilling permits for U.S. lands and waters, as officials moved quickly to reverse Trump administration policies on energy and the environment. It follows Democratic President Joe Biden’s campaign pledge to halt new drilling on federal lands and end the leasing of publicly owned energy …

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4 years ago

Joe Biden could end new fossil fuel drilling on public lands

LA Times

This is the Dec. 17, 2020, edition of Boiling Point, a weekly newsletter about climate change and the environment in California and the American West. It’s been nearly five years since the chilly February morning when I shuffled into the back of a conference room at Salt Lake City’s convention center to watch the federal government auction off oil and …

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$Donald Trump signs order to protect hydraulic fracking$

4 years, 2 months ago

Donald Trump signs order to protect hydraulic fracking

Hindustan Times

US President Donald Trump on Saturday announced that he has signed an order to protect the American energy industry and hydraulic fracturing. Trump said that hydraulic fracturing, also known as fracking, has become “one of the great success stories of our time,” opening up new sources of inexpensive and reliable energy and producing more jobs for Americans. In a memorandum …

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$AOC backs Biden but takes aim at his fracking policy: 'It will be a privilege to lobby him'$

4 years, 2 months ago

AOC backs Biden but takes aim at his fracking policy: 'It will be a privilege to lobby him'

The Independent

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy New York Congresswoman Alexandria …

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$Kamala Harris insists Biden administration wouldn’t ban fracking$

4 years, 2 months ago

Kamala Harris insists Biden administration wouldn’t ban fracking

The Independent

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The Latest on the presidential campaign : 12:15 p.m. Sen. …

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$AP FACT CHECK: Trump falsifies Biden stance on fracking$

4 years, 2 months ago

AP FACT CHECK: Trump falsifies Biden stance on fracking

The Independent

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy President Donald Trump is persisting with the myth that Democratic …

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$AP FACT CHECK: Trump falsifies Biden stance on fracking$

4 years, 2 months ago

AP FACT CHECK: Trump falsifies Biden stance on fracking

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is persisting with the myth that Democratic rival Joe Biden proposes to ban fracking. At one of the Democratic primary debates, Biden misspoke when he addressed the subject, saying that if he became president, there would be “no more — no new — fracking.” Biden’s campaign quickly corrected his mistake. Biden’s actual position, which he …

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4 years, 3 months ago

'Fracking is bad, actually': AOC responds to Kamala Harris insisting at debate that Biden won't ban it

The Independent

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez appeared …

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4 years, 3 months ago

Fracking ban: Why Biden won’t do it – and why Trump says Biden will

CNN

New York CNN Business — Banning fracking would kill tens of thousands of jobs in Pennsylvania, Ohio and Texas – three states at the heart of the 2020 race for the White House. It happened again during Wednesday night’s debate when Vice President Mike Pence misleadingly said Biden wants to “ban fracking.” Both campaigns know that voters in battleground states …

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$Can California ban fracking? Newsom’s bold plan to fight climate change faces skepticism$

4 years, 3 months ago

Can California ban fracking? Newsom’s bold plan to fight climate change faces skepticism

LA Times

On the hood of an electric car, California Gov. “I’ve seen bills that do way less related to oil die in the Legislature.” The call to ban fracking left some questioning whether the intent of the well-timed move by a governor with a taste for big promises was to draw national headlines or to launch a political dogfight in Sacramento …

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4 years, 4 months ago

Opinion: Why environmentalists should applaud Biden

CNN

Editor’s Note: Froma Harrop is a syndicated columnist. America First Action Super PAC, which supports Trump, is already on the fracking case with an ad falsely stating, “Joe Biden could cost Pennsylvania 600,000 jobs.” That number refers to a 2019 projection by the US Chamber of Commerce of how many jobs could be lost in Pennsylvania by 2025 if there …

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4 years, 5 months ago

Biden Rolls Out Ambitious New Climate Plan, But Stops Short Of Phasing Out Fossil Fuels

Huff Post

LOADING ERROR LOADING Joe Biden, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, laid out a new proposal Tuesday to transition the nation’s electricity grid off gas and coal by 2035 and spend $2 trillion over four years creating millions of jobs deploying renewable energy and upgrading old buildings. The new Biden plan promises the deployment of “millions of solar panels” and “tens …

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4 years, 6 months ago

Fracking pioneer Chesapeake files for bankruptcy protection

Associated Press

NEW YORK — Chesapeake Energy, a shale drilling pioneer that helped to turn the United States into a global energy powerhouse, has filed for bankruptcy protection. More than 200 oil producers have filed for bankruptcy protection in the past five years, a trend that’s expected to continue as a global pandemic saps demand for energy and depresses prices further. It …

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4 years, 6 months ago

Climate crisis: ‘Fracking is over’ in UK, energy minister says

The Independent

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy “Fracking is over” and the government has “moved on”, according to UK energy minister Kwasi …

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4 years, 11 months ago

Democrats’ Fracking War Heats Up As 2020 Voting Begins

Huff Post

LOADING ERROR LOADING Democrats are drilling down on opposite sides of the fracking divide, widening a schism between the party’s climate-concerned progressive wing and centrists who fear a hard-line stance against fossil fuels risks ceding critical swing states to President Donald Trump. In December, former Vice President Joe Biden, the leader in an aggregation of national polls in the Democratic …

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5 years, 2 months ago

Philanthropists’ surprise $50-million commitment aids bid to buy Banning Ranch for permanent open space

LA Times

A pair of Newport Beach philanthropists has promised $50 million to a group of environmentalists that has long worked to protect Banning Ranch’s 401 acres from development. Frank and Joann Randall surprised the nonprofit Banning Ranch Conservancy with the gift at the group’s annual gala Saturday, seeding the conservancy’s acquisition fund to try to keep the property at Newport’s western …

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$Why fracking has finally fracked off$

5 years, 2 months ago

Why fracking has finally fracked off

The Independent

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. But the industry never really got off the ground in the UK where there are much tighter rules about …

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5 years, 3 months ago

Trump’s land boss pledges to steer clear of ex-clients

Associated Press

— The Trump administration’s top steward of public lands has recused himself from work involving dozens of former clients following conflict of interest allegations from Democratic lawmakers and environmental advocates, federal officials disclosed Wednesday. Democratic U.S. Sen. Jon Tester of Montana has sharply criticized Pendley’s past calls to sell off public lands and called his appointment an end-run around the …

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$Fact check: Could a President ban fracking?$

5 years, 3 months ago

Fact check: Could a President ban fracking?

CNN

CNN — Oil prices are spiking following the attacks this weekend that disrupted about half of Saudi Arabia’s oil capacity. On Sept. 4, Sanders wrote that “any proposal to avert the climate crisis must include a full fracking ban on public and private lands.” Two days later, Warren struck a similar note, tweeting Sept. 6 that on day one of …

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5 years, 6 months ago

Is Oregon paving the way for more mega-dairies?

Salon

The vote by Oregon state senators seemed like a slam dunk. “It just seems like irresponsible lawmaking to not plan for this kind of thing happening again.” He blamed the lead trade group, the Oregon Dairy Farmers Association, for killing the bill. “We saw the huge loopholes in our regulatory system here in Oregon and our laws that allowed Lost …

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RuPaul: Environmental outcry after Drag Race star suggests he allows fracking on ranch

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