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Back to homepageFracking watch: Argentina figures out what CA hasn’t
May 3, 2013 By Chris Reed The “brown energy” revolution is under way and nothing is going to prevent it from transforming world energy markets — especially not childish denial and petulance by California greens. Fossil fuels will be the
Read MoreFracking watch: Canada figures out what CA hasn’t
May 2, 2013 By Chris Reed Hydraulic fracturing has been around for decades in our northern neighbor, just as it has been in the U.S. And what do you know? Canadian enviros only began complaining about fracking in recent years
Read MoreFracking watch: Brazil figures out what CA hasn’t
May 1, 2013 By Chris Reed The passage of anti-fracking legislation by an Assembly committee Monday could lead to a showdown between green Dem lawmakers and Gov. Jerry Brown, who’s struck a measured tone so far on hyrdaulic fracturing, the
Read MoreLatest taxpayer-subsidized green fiasco is based in Anaheim
April 25, 2013 By Chris Reed The latest Californa-based green energy fiasco took center stage in the House Committee on Oversight & Government Reform on Wednesday. It is Anaheim-based Fisker Automotive. This is from the Washington Post’s Wonkblog: “It’s time
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Under Obama, FAA goes from stimulus bloat to risky cuts
March 17, 2013 By Chris Reed President Barack Obama’s re-election has led some California small-government types to pull back on their criticism, perhaps thinking that the Chicago Republican must be doing something right if he can win the Golden State’s
Read MorePathetic media never report Obama’s support for fracking
March 12, 2013 By Chris Reed It’s bad enough that the media consistently depict hydraulic fracturing as new when it’s been around for 60-plus years. But what’s also amazing is that the California media covering the state government’s ongoing attempts
Read MoreBrulte: 2012 Assembly GOP lost because ‘We got lazy’
March 4, 2013 By John Hrabe Jim Brulte was elected chairman of the California Republican Party in a landslide vote on Sunday. But despite winning support from 90 percent of convention delegates, the former state senator kept campaigning until the
Read MoreLies about green jobs: Now it’s the Los Angeles edition
March 1, 2013 By Chris Reed We’ve seen President Obama and Gov. Brown spread the green jobs myth, pretending that niche categories of employment can revive the larger national and state economies. Now Los Angeles mayoral candidate Eric Garcetti is
Read MorePresidents abusing power: L.A. Times’ hypocrisy is immense
Feb. 6, 2013 By Chris Reed When the Bush administration responded to 9-11 by using “advanced interrogation techniques” and detaining hundreds of terror suspects indefinitely, all without offering clarity about exactly what it was doing and the legal rationales it
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