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Why hope for CA oil boom is fading fast

It took some time, but a 2011 report by the Federal Energy Information Administration that estimated that California’s Monterey shale underground land mass formation had 15.4 billion barrels of accessible oil and a follow-up study that put the figure at

DOI to invest $50 million in water conservation in CA and other states

Josephine Djuhana May 22, 2015

U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell announced in a press release that the Interior’s Bureau of Reclamation “will invest nearly $50 million to improve water efficiency and conservation in California and 11 other western states.” “In a time of exceptional

$Brown’s fracking defense sparks green fury$

Brown’s fracking defense sparks green fury

Chris Reed March 29, 2015

Gov. Jerry Brown’s nationally televised defense of fracking’s safety last Sunday on “Meet the Press” is making waves among state environmentalists and inspiring fury from liberal bloggers. Here’s the Bakersfield Californian’s account: Brown launched a no-nonsense defense of hydraulic fracturing

Silicon Valley jolts CA energy game

James Poulos February 18, 2015

The sun is shining on private solar energy. Beyond federal and state efforts, California’s tech titans have upped the ante with momentous new investments that promise to revolutionize electricity production. For years, solar power has been touted by advocates as a major future source

$Report may force CA media to admit Obama backs fracking safety$

Report may force CA media to admit Obama backs fracking safety

Chris Reed January 4, 2015

As Cal Watchdog has repeatedly noted over the past two years, the California print media — with the exception of the U-T San Diego editorial page (my edits) and a San Francisco Chronicle reporter — never note the Obama administration’s

Fracking safety: NYT vs. LAT, yet again

Chris Reed November 16, 2014

The fracking revolution continues to unfold in a half-dozen states around the nation, with enormous benefits to all Americans. A New York Times analysis Friday laid out the particulars: The steepening drop in gasoline prices in recent weeks — spurred by

$6 stories out of 317: LAT, Bee, Chronicle hide Obama fracking views$

6 stories out of 317: LAT, Bee, Chronicle hide Obama fracking views

Chris Reed June 15, 2014

I have been whining about how the media cover big issues for decades, but there is something uniquely strange about the decision of the California media — in the midst of a sharp state debate over fracking — to not

First anniversary of L.A. Times’ worst bias/incomptence ever

Chris Reed May 17, 2014

When it comes to hydraulic fracturing — the energy-exploration technique that has prompted a gigantic U.S. boom in natural gas and oil production — there is a hilariously telling and depressing difference between the national media and the California media.

Drought Wars: Where did the farm water go?

Wayne Lusvardi February 6, 2014

Where did that farm water go? That’s a major question stalking California during its record drought. The finger-pointing sure is under way. On Feb. 4, environmental writer Dan Bacher pointed at state water managers, claiming they made the California drought worse by

$Mexico to join shale/fracking revolution; will media keep CA out?$

Mexico to join shale/fracking revolution; will media keep CA out?

Chris Reed December 12, 2013

This spring, I did a two-week series for Cal Watchdog on the many nations around the world that are pursuing fracking in oil and gas exploration after witnessing its immense success in North Dakota, Montana, Texas, Ohio and Pennsylvania. Here’s