Stricter Rules for Oil and Gas Leasing on Federal Land
Interior Secretary Ken Salazar has changed the procedures the Bureau of Land Management must follow before leasing federal land for o … more…
Montana Gas and Oil Regulatory Actions on the Rise
Last week, ProPublica rolled out a database tracking natural gas drilling and regulation in each of the 32 drilling states in the cou … more…
Natural Gas Drilling: What We Don’t Know
It takes brute force to wrest natural gas from the earth. Millions of gallons of chemical-laden water mixed with sand -- under eno … more…
State Oil and Gas Regulators Are Spread Too Thin to Do Their Jobs
Larry Parrish knew something was wrong as soon as he wheeled his state-owned pickup off the West Virginia highway and onto the roc … more…
Will Scandal Shake Up Offshore Drilling Bill?
A series of inspector general reports alleging cocaine use and government regulators literally jumping into bed with Big Oil would ma … more…
October 23, 2009
Details of Sen. LeMieux’s Work for Oil Group Remain Murky Alex Leary, St. Petersburg Times, October 23, 2009
October 14, 2009
Federal Scientists: Limit Offshore Drilling Plans Jim Tankersley and Josh Meyer, Los Angeles Times, October 14, 2009
August 19, 2009
Exxon May Face Hearings over Oil Well Sabotage Allegations Dave Montgomery, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, August 19, 2009
August 17, 2009
State Parks Targeted for Oil, Gas Drilling Julie Carr Smyth, AP, August 17, 2009
June 12, 2009
Gov’t Report: Oil, Gas Auction Was Flawed Thomas Burr, Salt Lake Tribune, June 12, 2009
May 11, 2009
Chevron Accused of Polluting Ecuadorian Rain Forest Scott Pelley, 60 Minutes, May 11, 2009
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