Posts Tagged: debate

Science and common sense, not ideology, needed in hydraulic fracturing discussion

Science and common sense are in a pitched battle against ideology here in California, where activists are pressuring state and local officials to ignore science and common sense and ban a hydraulic fracturing — a safe and proven technology that’s been used to

As the weather heats up,  a Capitol debate is heating up, too — on the hotly disputed ‘fire tax.’

The $150 annual charge on some 850,000 rural property owners is on the books, despite delays in collections, court action and tens of thousands of complaints from property owners. Republican lawmakers have seized the issue