The Department of the Interior’s Office of Natural Resource Revenue (ONRR) has stayed implementation of a new rule regarding how royalties on federal coal, oil and gas are calculated until resolution of pending litigation. A 2012 Reuters investigation revealed that … Continued
It’s been a rocky ride for coal export proposals out of the Pacific Northwest. Back in 2012, there were six coal export projects in Oregon and Washington state. This month, for the first time in six years, there are zero … Continued
Highlighting maps created in collaboration with the Western Organization of Research Councils of radioactive oil and gas exploration and production wastes. By Kyle Ferrar, MPH, Western Program Coordinator, FracTracker Alliance Scott Skokos, Regional Organizer, Western Organization of Research Councils The … Continued
WORC’s newest digital resource, the WORC Oil and Gas Waste Mapping Project, maps the oil and gas waste stream in four Western states: Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, and Wyoming. The project is a visual follow-up to WORC report, No Time … Continued
Does oil and gas development and degraded soil contribute to poor air quality on the Fort Berthold Reservation? That’s what a group of students from Nueta Hidatsa Sahnish College think may be happening. They have monitored the release of particulate … Continued
Last June, I traveled to Moonstone Farm near Montevideo, Minnesota to participate in their annual women’s gathering. A ceremony was held there, wherein congregants combined water from sources important to us and pledged to defend the resource from harm. I … Continued
Use of the Congressional Review Act (CRA) to rollback Obama Administration rules has been a subject of controversy since the start of the Trump Administration. The CRA is an obscure process used only one time prior to 2017. Organizations, pundits, … Continued
In the coming days, the Senate will consider Trump nominee Scott Pruitt for the role of administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. As EPA head, Pruitt would be in charge ofenforcing the Clean Air Act, Safe Drinking Water Act and … Continued
Mountain West voters weighed in on the Trump Administration’s priorities for managing the use and protection of national public lands in a new Colorado College State of the Rockies Project Conservation in the West Poll released today. The poll surveyed … Continued
WORC and its allies got a big win when Federal Judge Scott Skavdahl rejected efforts January 16 to block new methane standards by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) that would reduce waste of natural gas on federal and tribal … Continued