Duke University researchers recently published a new study, which finds the volume and quality of water that returns to the surface during oil and natural gas development (which the study refers to as “FP water”) is almost entirely composed of naturally occurring formation brine (about 92 to 96...
Ahead of next week’s primary in California – the nation’s third largest oil producing state – Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders shifted his focus to attacking energy production, holding a press conference in Monterey County (where there is no fracking) to reiterate his support for a...
It might surprise you that not everything in Dear Governor Brown – a recent “documentary” produced by activist actor Mark Ruffalo — is either a blatant falsehood or intentionally misleading: it is true that one of the 50 states is called “California” and it is...
A recent report by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) – which finds that water usage for hydraulic fracturing varies across different basins in the United States, and that water use has ramped up as domestic oil and natural gas production has skyrocketed – has garnered...
Disputes over water have been a central element of California politics since the “water wars” of the late 19th and early 20th centuries that were sparked by William Mulholland’s famous aqueduct, which diverted water from Eastern to Southern California (and which was dramatized, with artistic...