As previously reported by The Daily Signal, Stiles suspects two anti-pipeline groups in Virginia are “agents of influence” unknowingly operating on behalf of Moscow under Russian President Vladimir Putin. Kevin Mooney Daily Signal Stronger Law on Foreign Agents Eyed Amid…
In the video, a series of “community organizers” dryly read a list of horrors should Cabot be allowed entry. They claim natural gas development would destroy the rural character of the area, contaminate water supplies, damage roads, discourage tourism and harm property values. Moreover, methane was…
Inevitably, there will be environmentalist groups opposed to this--and virtually all--hydraulic fracturing projects. But the philosophical change within the Interior Department regarding domestic energy development from 'hands off' to 'all hands on deck,' makes it more likely than ever that…
“[T]he BLM believes that the 2015 final rule unnecessarily burdens industry with compliance costs and information requirements that are duplicative of regulatory programs of many states and some tribes,” agency officials wrote. “As a result, we are proposing to rescind, in…
Since Jordan Cove was built as an importing facility, American science and technology have turned the tables, making global export of American LNG a potential economic boon, not to mention a necessity for nations around the world seeking cheap, clean…
President Trump this week ordered BLM to "expeditiously" rescind its hydraulic fracturing regulations and review its methane venting and flaring rule. Zinke also ended the moratorium on new coal leasing, revoked the department's policy on offsetting development impacts on natural…
For Keystone XL, the Obama administration’s own State Department reviewed the project multiple times and concluded that the pipeline would pose negligible environmental risk and not contribute significantly to global warming—a big sticking point and one of the reasons former President Barack…
The geopolitical implications (never mind the domestic economic benefits) of expanding U.S. shale capabilities should be obvious. Not only would increasing shale output keep downward pressure on prices, but as Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), chairman of the Senate’s Energy and…
Despite their hysterical claims and protestations to the contrary, the existing scientific evidence shows hydraulic fracturing processes do not pose a systemic impact on groundwater. Fracking-contaminated groundwater: The myth that failed The myth that hydraulic fracturing, commonly called “fracking,” of…
One ban fracking activist is affiliated with the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund (CELDF), a group that has boasted that bankrupting a community as a result of a fracking ban “might be exactly what is needed.” With the campaign to ban fracking in Colorado failing…