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EWG Warns of Drilling Threat to NYC Drinking Water

EWG Testifies Before NYC Council
» Read more... | Published October 28, 2009

Coming Up Dry

Drilling on Western lands has gone up 75% a year since 2000, but gas prices have not gone down.
» Read more... | Published July 17, 2008

Colorado's Chemical Injection

Oil and gas companies in Colorado are injecting wells with millions of gallons of unknown fluids that contain dozens of dangerous chemicals linked to respiratory, neurological, cardiovascular, immune, and other disorders, including cancer.
» Read more... | Published June 10, 2008

Colorado’s Pristine Roan Plateau Threatened by Drilling Surge

As Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter prepares to take a stand on plans to allow thousands of oil and gas wells on Colorado’s Roan Plateau, EWG finds that drilling permits there have already more than doubled since 2004.
» Read more... | Published December 16, 2007

Rigged Game

How Reckless Oil & Gas Drilling on Public Lands Threatens Wildlife Habitat--and Hunting
Drill rigs are invading Western wildlife habitat and hunters are being squeezed out.
» Read more... | Published May 1, 2007

Who Owns the West: Oil & Gas Leases

Interactive maps, state reports, and a database of companies show that though the oil and gas industry has enjoyed decades of access to an enormous amount of Western lands, U.S. dependence on foreign energy sources has continually increased.
» Read more... | Published August 24, 2004

Gas Tax Losers

Metropolitan Areas Get Short End of Federal Gas Tax Funds
» Read more... | Published March 30, 2004

Public Land Policy Alert: Utah

Today 5,000 acres of environmentally sensitive public land in Utah face permanent loss of protection at taxpayer-subsidized auction. A new computer investigation of federal data by the Environmental Working Group (EWG) reveals the size, scope, and locations of this public land giveaway to oil and gas interests.
» Read more... | Published February 18, 2004
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