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New endangered listing for rare lizard could slow oil and gas drilling

Federal wildlife officials have listed the dune sidekick as an endangered species due to threats from energy development. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said the lizard is “threatened throughout its range” and “functionally extinct” in 47% of its range. The decision ends a 20-year legal battle between the U.S. government, conservationists, and the oil […]

Household Names Helping Ban Gas Stoves: Patient Zero

Author and New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman wrote The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the 21st Century. The 2005 book wasn’t advocating the agenda of the Flat Earth Society, and Friedman likely hasn’t used the proceeds to help fund such a ludicrous group. But the charitable foundation he runs with his wife has done something […]

New Jersey town, Peapack and Gladstone Borough, to gas geese to death

They are crying birds. A New Jersey town plans to kill dozens of geese that have turned a public park into their own toilet, despite strong local opposition to what they call an “inhumane” approach to the problem. is standing. Peapack-Gladstone Borough Council voted in March to hire federal wildlife officials to trap about 60 […]

NYPD Says Protesters Had Weapons, Gas Masks And ‘Death to America!’ Pamphlets

A high-ranking official with the New York Police Department said protesters had weapons including knives and hammers as well as pamphlets with “Death to America!” written on them. Michael Kemper, a NYPD’s chief of transit, posted photos Friday of what police confiscated from the protesters. “For those romanticizing the protests occurring on college campuses, ‘Death […]

Residents of this state should prepare for gas price hike

A little-known report from the state’s air quality regulator says a years-long emissions reduction program could cause gas prices to rise by 50 cents in California within two years. The California Air Resources Board (CARB), the state’s main environmental regulator, announced in September that gasoline prices would increase by about 50 cents per gallon starting […]

Democrat-Run California About to Get Hit with 50 Cent per Gallon Gas Tax

Today on “Getting What You Vote For,” California dummies are about to be hit with a 50-cent-per-gallon gas tax. Let’s not forget that California voters handed full control over the former Golden State to Democrats. The Democratic Party runs everything from the governor’s office. Democrats not only have a majority in the state legislature, they […]

Ministers consider making UK’s carbon targets easier to meet | Greenhouse gas emissions

Ministers are considering plans to weaken Britain’s carbon reduction plans by allowing unused portions of the last carbon budget to be rolled over into the next. This would go against the strong recommendations of the Government’s statutory climate adviser, the Committee on Climate Change. But it will make it easier to achieve your next goal. […]

NYC Gas Pipeline Project Dies On The Vine After Grid Watchdog Warns Of Reliability Problems

A pipeline extension project that would have brought natural gas to New York has been cancelled, months after a grid watchdog warned that New York state faces elevated blackout risks. Oklahoma-based Williams Companies effectively scrapped its plans to build the Northeast Supply Enhancement pipeline extension project to bring more natural gas to the New York […]