In An Important Step, U.S. Designates Polar Bear Critical Habitat
If approved, the proposal would be the largest designation of critical habitat in the history of the Endangered Species Act.
If approved, the proposal would be the largest designation of critical habitat in the history of the Endangered Species Act.
Washington Post | Steven Mufson | Posted 10.20.2009 | Green
The Interior Department has given Shell approval to drill oil exploration wells in two leaseholds in the Beaufort Sea, which could lead to the first d...
Bill Scher | Posted 10.14.2009 | Green
Sen. Graham may be a conservative, but he is not a moron. He knew full well the right-wing lunacy that would be unleashed by his willingness to compromise to pass carbon cap legislation.
ProPublica | Posted 11.22.2009 | Green
by Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica Pennsylvania environment officials are racing to clean up as much as 8,000 gallons of dangerous drilling fluids afte...
David Roberts | Posted 09.21.2009 | Green
Is the enemy of our enemy our friend? Is it worthwhile to ally with the natgas industry to reduce the influence of coal and strengthen the climate bill?
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 07.20.2009 | Media
Oh, the delights of the National Review's cover stories! Earlier this month, I think we all enjoyed ourselves immensely when the magazine, in their r...
ProPublica | Posted 07.04.2009 | Green
Tomorrow a House Energy and Natural Resources subcommittee will hold its first hearing of 2009 on controversial issues related to the burgeoning natural gas drilling industry.
coloradoindependent.com | Posted 05.30.2009 | Green
Government officials on the Western Slope are bracing for a drop-off in natural gas drilling of up to 80 percent this summer -- and a corresponding pl...
Huffington Post | Dave Burdick | Posted 02.05.2009 | Green
A few weeks ago, an environmentalist named Tim DeChristopher played a big joke on the Bureau of Land Management, the Bush Administration and the oil a...
Robert Redford | Posted 01.20.2009 | Green
Late Friday night a coalition of environmental and preservation groups filed an agreement with the Bureau of Land Management that could save 100,000 acres of pristine land that are endangered.
Los Angeles Times | Nicholas Riccardi | Posted 01.18.2009 | Green
Reporting from Denver -- Environmental groups filed a lawsuit Wednesday as a last-ditch effort to block the sale of leases for 110,000 acres of federa...
AP | PAUL FOY | Posted 01.05.2009 | Green
SALT LAKE CITY — Conservation groups filed formal protests Thursday against what they call a "fire sale" of oil-and-gas drilling leases in Utah ...
Jeff Schweitzer | Posted 12.11.2008 | Green
All the elements embedded in Obama's energy program make good sense, and deserve our enthusiastic support. But wind, solar and geothermal energy are not the ultimate endpoint.
New York Times | FELICITY BARRINGER | Posted 12.09.2008 | Green
The Bureau of Land Management has expanded its oil and gas lease program in eastern Utah to include tens of thousands of acres on or near the boundari...
Tom Donohue | Posted 11.14.2008 | Business
Tomorrow night Bob Schieffer is sure to ask: "How does the economic crisis affect your plans for the future?" It will be the third debate we've heard the question, and it isn't getting any easier to answer.
Steve Colby | Posted 11.03.2008 | Home
Oil companies pump millions of barrels of oil from US Federal lands... While American Taxpayers receive pennies in return. Why? Listening to oil indu...
Terra Lawson-Remer | Posted 11.02.2008 | Politics
Dear Governor Palin, During your debate with Senator Biden you said you welcomed the opportunity to speak directly with the American people, "uncenso...
A. Siegel | Posted 10.30.2008 | Politics
Getting facts wrong when it comes to energy issues is becoming standard for the Palin-McCain ticket.
Chris Weigant | Posted 10.27.2008 | Politics
[UPDATED -- See part 2 in the Talking Points section.] This week's column will be presented in a sort of semi-liveblogging fashion. What you're getti...
Chris Weigant | Posted 10.20.2008 | Politics
Back in Volume 36 of this Friday Talking Points column, I pointed out what seemed to me to be an obvious observation -- that the media was going a lot...
Rep. Louise Slaughter | Posted 10.18.2008 | Politics
As we fight to lower energy prices and lay the groundwork for a clean, independent energy future, I can't help but ask -- how did we get here?
David Roberts | Posted 10.13.2008 | Green
The only thing Gingrich's American Solutions for Winning the Future astroturf group has lacked up to now, in terms of becoming a full-fledged parody of modern-day economic royalism masquerading as populism, is a piss-poor country song.
Bill Scher | Posted 10.10.2008 | Green
Because conservative leaders are so deep in the pocket of Big Oil, they are vehemently against any compromise that doesn't give them everything they want.
Simran Sethi | Posted 10.23.2009 | Green
Encouraging the auto industry to adhere to higher standards and pursue hybrid technology will reduce our dependence on all oil. Drill, baby, drill? No. Think, baby, think.
James Heffernan | Posted 10.10.2008 | Politics
After taking office when Wasilla owed nothing, why did you leave it with a debt of more than 22 million dollars?
Andrew Wetzler | Posted 10.22.2009 | Green