Tag: pipelines
How Do You Solve a Problem Like CEQA? Part Two
This is the second of a three part series on the impact of the California Environmental Quality Act on development in California and ways to potentially improve the law. It is written in response to hearings conducted over the past...
How Do You Solve a Problem Like CEQA? Part One
Part One – How CEQA Has Made California Unaffordable The following is the first of a three part series on the impact of the California Environmental Quality Act on development in California and ways to potentially improve the law. It...
Finding Common Ground in California on Environmental Regulations and Infrastructure Investment
In California, environmental regulations have brought infrastructure investment to a standstill. Without expanding energy, water, and transportation infrastructure, it is nearly impossible to build housing, the cost-of-living is punitive, water is rationed and food is overpriced, the overall quality of...
BLM Plan to Open 800,000 Acres of Federal Land in California to Oil and Gas Leasing
The oil and gas industry in California currently provides 368,000 jobs and more than $24 billion in tax revenues to the state, making this industry vital to the entire California economy. The Trump administration Bureau of Land Management has finalized...
RECAP: AB 342, The Bill That Would Greatly Limit Oil And Gas Development In California
California has responded to Federal threats of increased oil and gas drilling by making it virtually impossible for any drilling to happen on or near protected lands by halting most pipeline leasing. What is it? Assembly Bill 342. Specifically...