When It Comes To Fracking Regulations, California Is Not New York

December 23, 2014

A recent move by the state of New York to ban hydraulic fracturing places that state’s economy and energy security at risk. Clearly a political decision, Governor Cuomo’s ban will have a real impact on New York businesses and families who rely on affordable and reliably energy. Fortunately, it should not harm California’s ability to use safe and proven technologies to benefit our own domestic energy resources.

Wrong-headed idea: Gas-pump labels about global warning

December 16, 2014

One of the underlying tenets of our cherished right to free speech is that everyone is entitled to it — even people with whom we disagree.

It seems fitting — indeed essential — to remember this important principle as the city of Berkeley and the city and county of San Francisco debate whether to compel service station owners in those Bay Area cities to display so-called “climate change labels” on their gas pumps.