Jayni Hein

‘Stark lack of clarity’ on fracking regs

Jayni Hein quoted in EnergyWire, April 11, 2013(registration required)

Study co-author Jayni Foley Hein said the research was prompted by increased attention on the prospect of large-scale hydraulic fracturing in California’s much-hyped Monterey Shale. “We’re witnessing this potentially alarming increase in fracking in the state,” said Hein, executive director of Berkeley’s Center for Law, Energy & the Environment. “Given these projections, how should the state be forward-looking to regulate fracking?”

California’s water woes

Jayni Hein interviewed by KALW News, Crosscurrents, February 28, 2013

“More and more, people don’t want to see this sort of black and white wilderness versus non-wilderness. We’ve almost evolved beyond that, and I think it’s time to think of creative approaches about how can we both incentivize and protect the development of our local, sustainable, and organic agriculture, but at the same time preserve these wild areas for future generations.”