Tach it up, tach it up, Newsom's gonna shut you down.
Wall Street Journal (4/27/21) reports: "President Biden has been taking his climate cues from California, which is why Gov. Gavin Newsom’s order banning fracking late last week is sure to cause tremors beyond the state’s borders. 'The climate crisis is real, and we continue to see the signs every day,' Mr. Newsom said. 'As we move to swiftly decarbonize our transportation sector and create a healthier future for our children, I’ve made it clear I don’t see a role for fracking in that future and, similarly, believe that California needs to move beyond oil.' Legislation that would have banned hydraulic fracturing, otherwise known as fracking, and curtailed most oil production in the state’s Central Valley died in the state Senate earlier this month due to opposition from moderate Democrats and trades unions. Leftwing groups then turned up the heat on Mr. Newsom. With a recall election now all but certain, the Governor doesn’t want to give anyone on the left reason to challenge him. As recently as last fall the Governor asserted he couldn’t ban fracking by fiat. 'We simply don’t have that authority,' he said. He was right. Prohibiting fracking at once would also violate the Constitution’s takings clause and require the state to compensate drillers and landowners."
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"If lawmakers want to solve their budget headache, maybe they should start by stripping out all the unrelated waste and partisan spending in President Biden’s multi-trillion-dollar “infrastructure” proposal before they squeeze more out of the working class."
– Brad Polumbo,
Foundation for Economic Education
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