June 11, 2018
The New York Times, Julie Turkewitz, May 31, 2018- A new oil rig will rise behind a middle school in this sprawling county in the coming months, its slender tower bearing an announcement: fracking is back. After a downturn that began in 2015, oil and gas production is booming again, and …
April 2, 2018
Monterey Herald, Tom Wright, March 28, 2018- Monterey >> Protect Monterey County, the organization that backed a 2016 anti-fracking ballot initiative called Measure Z, announced it filed an appeal this week challenging a judge’s ruling that invalidated part of the ordinance. Monterey County Superior Court Judge Thomas Wills issued a …
March 6, 2018
The Vindicator, Staff, March 5, 2018- A citizens committee is trying yet again to get an initiative on the ballot to ban fracking in Youngstown. The Youngstown Community Bill of Rights Committee submitted petitions with about 2,000 signatures on them. The petitions need 1,216 to be valid. The Mahoning County …
January 3, 2018
BenitoLink, Thomas Leyde, December 30, 2017- A Monterey County Superior Court judge announced his intended decision Thursday in a challenge by several interests to Measure Z, the anti-fracking initiative passed by county voters in 2016. Judge Thomas Wills’ decision came just six weeks after taking the case under submission. Lawyers familiar with the issue …
December 11, 2017
Longmont Times-Call, John Fryar, December 6, 2017- Colorado’s cities and counties would get more authority to locally regulate oil and gas exploration and production within their boundaries under a proposed state law that Sen. Matt Jones plans to introduce. Jones, D-Louisville, said Wednesday that what he’s calling “the Protect Act” …