April 2018
Fracking for gas could provide UK with less to fear from Russia Strategic, political and economic concerns are therefore causing a major rethink of British energy policy but public concern over new gas resource is a challenge
Thought Piece For those people who no longer think that the English drink tea without lifting their pinky finger, here is another example of ongoing British delicacy. With few exceptions, the “precautionary principle” is [...]
March 2018
API Destroys Justification for Proposed DRBC Fracking Ban
Thought Piece Now that the anti-fracking movement has become a political science choir of enormous size and funding, it is hard to pass them off as being just well-meaning. The DRBC has become another anti-intellectual [...]
A complete list of things caused by global warming
Though Piece Every time I revisit this 2012 list, it seems quite small compared to the latest headlines of “scientific” studies with a climate change bias. Some of us mourn the loss of scientific objectivity [...]
Scott Pruitt’s Attack on Science Would Paralyze the E.P.A.
Thought Piece The McCarthy/McCabe Op-Ed piece seems just too political, too silo-thinking, too simplistic, too parochial, and too eco-religious for an adult audience. Where is the discussion about national and international economic development, the effects [...]
Is Massachusetts AG Maura Healey Colluding with the Russians? Or, with Trial Lawyers?
Thought Piece It is hard to retain a modicum of respect for any environmental group or public official who is LNG hypocritical. Is Massachusetts AG Maura Healey Colluding with the Russians? Or, with Trial Lawyers? [...]
Solving New England’s Natural Gas Problem (Hint: It’s Not through Big New Pipelines)
Thought Piece The solutions contained in this CLF blog are as shallow as a teaspoon, as my daughter use to say. One can’t help wondering why the whole matter of replacing old infrastructure isn’t addressed [...]