oil and gas drilling

Biden Admin Reinstates Nearly $190 Million in Gulf Drilling Leases

By Olivia Rosane / September 15, 2022

The Biden administration on Wednesday reinstated nearly $190 million in bids from fossil fuel companies for an oil-and-gas lease sale in the Gulf of Mexico that had previously been invalidated by a federal judge. The move was one of the compromises struck between Democratic party leaders and pro-fossil-fuel Senator Joe Manchin of West Virginia in […]

Biden Administration to Resume Oil and Gas Drilling on Federal Lands

By Cristen Hemingway Jaynes / April 18, 2022

Study Links Fracking to Asthma Attacks

By EcoWatch / July 19, 2016

Investigation Finds BLM Failed to Inspect More Than Half of High Risk Oil and Gas Wells

By EcoWatch / May 14, 2014

Big Oil Eyes Florida’s Public Lands, Plans to Drill in the Everglades

By EcoWatch / April 30, 2014

Transportation Bill Drives Us to Deeper Oil Dependence

By EcoWatch / February 1, 2012

Environment America On Jan. 31, Rep. John Mica (R-FL), chairman of the House of Representatives Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, officially introduced a major transportation reauthorization bill. The overall plan for the bill includes proposals to open the Atlantic and Pacific coasts as well as the pristine Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to drilling, and to open […]