Our Public Lands Must Be Part of the Climate Change Solution
The fossil fuels found on our public lands are significant sources of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Instead of addressing this problem, the Trump administrati...
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The latest opinion and analysis from NRDC’s science, legal, and policy experts.
Community Left in the Dark about Well Blowout
Location of the DOW R.G.C. 10 well in Marina del Rey, which experienced a blowout on January 11. Source: modified from Division of Oil, Gas, and Geothermal...
More Qs than As at EPA Oil and Gas Wastewater Meeting
The oil and gas industry wants to dump its wastewater into our rivers and lakes, and Trump’s EPA is supposed to figure out how to let them do it....
Merry Fracking Christmas
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) officially repealed the 2015 rules that govern fracking on public lands. ...
Natural Gas Buyers Launch Transparency Initiative
A group of nine natural gas purchasers recently launched the Natural Gas Supply Collaborative (NGSC), a voluntary effort aimed at increasing transparency about ...
Trump Fracking Action Prioritizes Polluters over People
Directional drilling rig in Wyoming U.S. Bureau of Land Management/Wyoming President Trump's sweeping Executive Order aimed at crippling the U.S. response to...