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Power Drain

Big Ag's $100 Million Energy Subsidy
Some of America's richest and largest farms are paying pennies for the vast amounts of electricity needed to deliver irrigation water to California's arid Central Valley.
» Read more... | Published May 29, 2007

Drilling on Federal Game Habitat Has Doubled This Decade

Spike in Drilling Activity Has Squeezed out Hunters
» Read more... | Published May 25, 2007

Mining Measure Six Feet Under

Pombo-Gibbons Giveaway Defeated by Overwhelming Public Outcry
» Read more... | Published December 14, 2005

Real Estate Developers with Mining Claims Near Las Vegas Could Still Purchase Land

Sale of Claims Could Cost State Schools $122 Million; $100 Million in Annual Mining Industry Taxes Also at Risk
» Read more... | Published December 9, 2005

BLM Steamrolls Public on Otero Mesa

Area Twice the Size of Albuquerque Opened to Oil and Gas Drilling
» Read more... | Published September 29, 2005

FEDS SET TO GIVE 400 FARMS MORE WATER THAN L.A., S.F., SAN DIEGO COMBINED

The federal government is about to make a deal to give a few hundred California farmers control of more water than Los Angeles, San Francisco and San Diego combined use in a year — at pennies on the dollar of the price paid by urban water users.
» Read more... | Published September 14, 2005

Feingold Bill Would Limit Subsidies To Rich Corporate Farms

A prominent U.S. senator introduced legislation on May 24th to limit federal water subsidies to the richest corporate farms
» Read more... | Published May 23, 2005

Oil, Gas and Mining Industries Stake Claim to Most of U.S.' Natural Treasures

At Current Pace, No Public Lands Left Untouched in 20 Years
» Read more... | Published April 12, 2005
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