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Free Pass for Oil and Gas: Environmental Protections Rolled Back as Western Drilling Surges

Exempted from Basic Environmental Standards, 270,000 Oil and Gas Wells Threaten Western Water
» Read more... | Published March 26, 2009

Energy Policy: Bush's Rush to Drill Yields a Dry Hole

Increased Drilling on Public Lands Has Little Effect on Prices and Foreign Dependency
» Read more... | Published July 17, 2008

Feds’ Roan Plan Means Drilling & Toxic Chemicals in Sportsman's Paradise

Report: Widespread Use of Hazardous Pollutants in Hydraulic Fracturing
» Read more... | Published June 10, 2008

Colorado’s Pristine Roan Plateau Threatened By Drilling Surge

Oil & Gas Permits Double Since 2004
» Read more... | Published December 16, 2007

Drilling on Federal Game Habitat Has Doubled This Decade

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

BLM Steamrolls Public on Otero Mesa

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