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Trump Administration’s Alaska Oil and Gas Lease Sale a ‘Major Flop’

By EcoWatch / December 13, 2018

Despite the Trump administration’s unrelenting quest to drill the Arctic, Wednesday’s oil and gas lease sale in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska (NPR-A) yielded a “disappointing” return of $1.5 million, E&E News reported. Oil and gas giants ConocoPhillips, Emerald House and Nordaq Energy were the three companies that made uncontested bids on 16 tracts of land […]

Zinke’s Shrinking of National Monuments and Meetings With Halliburton Could be Center of DOJ Investigation

By Olivia Rosane / October 31, 2018

Zinke Extends Mining Ban Near Yellowstone, Protecting Land in Home State

By EcoWatch / October 8, 2018

Zinke Calls for Reducing Two More National Monuments, Exposing Public Lands to Grazing and Logging

By EcoWatch / December 6, 2017

Zinke Goes on Mediterranean Vacation Instead of Visiting National Monuments on Chopping Block

By EcoWatch / August 18, 2017

Chevron Pipeline Spills 4,800 Gallons of Oil on Public Land, Kills Wildlife

By EcoWatch / March 15, 2017

Cleanup efforts are underway after a failed Chevron Corporation pipeline released about 4,800 gallons of oil into an intermittent stream on public land in northwestern Colorado and killed some wildlife. The breach happened on Bureau of Land Management (BLM) land and was first detected on March 5 by a Chevron consultant. The pipeline was shut […]