A recent story in City Journal suggests that Secretary of Interior Sally Jewell accurately observes that local environmental activists in California are opposing hydraulic fracturing based more on emotion than reason. More needs to be known about the full lifespan of water related to hydraulic fracturing and its impact upon groundwater before decisions to allow…

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The West, Texas fertilizer plant explosion is an example of hazardous infrastructure built too close to residential areas.  Consideration should be given to having the risk management plans (RMPs) for industrial facilities and other commercial enterprises conducted by regulatory agencies (or their agents) rather than by the agents of these facilities’ owners.  Within the red…

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