ENERGY - Hydraulic Fracturing - Independence Institute

Gas is Dead. Long Live Gas!0
- August 25, 2022
Natural gas is one of the go-to bogeymen for many climate hawks. This is despite the remarkable economic and climate contributions of natural gas over the last decade or so. As such, activists and policymakers have made a concerted effort over the last few years to begin constraining the industry and phasing out the fuel’s
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Podesta emails: Fracking ban is ‘an extreme position’0
- October 19, 2016
This might be news to the “keep it in the ground” folks, but you aren’t on the Clinton campaign radar, according to recently released Podesta emails. Just prior to Super Tuesday, Democrat presidential candidate Bernie Sanders released an ad in Colorado last saying he is “the only candidate to oppose fracking,” which prompted this response
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In Weld County oil and gas is all of us 0
- September 10, 2016
Below is my column that appeared in the August edition of The Best of Greeley. In Weld County oil and gas is all of us By Amy Oliver Cooke Those of us who have the pleasure of living in Weld County know just how vital oil and gas is to our local community.
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Anti-fracking ballot measures’ failure is a win for Colorado, but it’s only temporary 0
- August 30, 2016
The announcement today by the Colorado Secretary of State’s office that Initiatives 75 and 78, two anti-energy measures targeting hydraulic fracturing and oil and gas natural resource development and endangering property rights throughout the state failed to gather sufficient signatures to make the November ballot, was certainly welcome news for us at the Independence Institute’s
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Update on the BLM’s fracking regulations: White House response 0
- June 25, 2016
By John Knetemann Last Wednesday, an Obama-appointed Federal judge rejected the Bureau of Land Management’s new regulations on hydraulic fracturing. During a press briefing at the White House, the first question asked was on this ruling. Press Secretary Josh Earnest responded with the following: Well, my understanding is that this is something that will be
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Smack down: Bureau of Land Management fracking regulations rejected 0
- June 23, 2016
By John Knetemann All the Bureau of Land Management has is a hammer, and everything to them is a nail. Today, Wyoming federal judge Scott Skavdahl rejected the Bureau of Land Management’s new fracking rules published under the name “Oil and Gas; Hydraulic Fracturing on Federal and Indian Lands.” According to the Bureau of Land
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