February 2011 - Checks and Balances Project

Top House Democrats launch investigation into ‘fracking’ on public lands – The Hill 02/28/11

2011-02-28

Ben Geman | February 28, 2011 | Reposted from The Hill Two top House Democrats launched an investigation Monday into the potential health risks of drilling for natural gas on public lands. House Natural Resources Committee ranking member Edward Markey (Mass.) and Rep. Rush Holt (N.J.), the top Democrat on the energy subcommittee, asked the… Read more »

2011-02-28

Those who live on the front lines of the natural gas industry’s fracking operations out west are hoping that the light shed on the natural gas industry will finally get people listening to what they have been saying for years. “I feel terrible for the people of Pennsylvania and the east coast who are going… Read more »

2011-02-24

Ben Geman | February 24, 2011 | Reposted from The Hill Interior Secretary Ken Salazar on Thursday struck back at critics of his “Wild Lands” conservation initiative, comments that come days after the House approved GOP legislation to block funding for the program. “I think there are people who have made more of this issue than… Read more »

2011-02-21

Penny Stine | February 21, 2011 | Reposted from The Daily Sentinel When it comes to public land, Mesa County and Colorado both have plenty. As stewards of a fair share of the public land in Colorado, the Bureau of Land Management does its best to balance multiple uses. “Some people want to preserve it… Read more »

2011-02-21

David O. Williams | February 21, 2011 | Reposted from Real Vail Congressman Jared Polis, a Boulder Democrat who represents Vail and surrounding Eagle County, is skeptical that vast oil shale reserves just to the west of his district in neighboring Garfield County are what one pro-business publication last week deemed “the brightest hope for… Read more »

2011-02-18

Andrew Rustuccia | February 15, 2011 | Reposted from The Hill’s E2 Wire Lawmakers should support a proposal to eliminate tax breaks for the oil and gas industry if they are “really serious about the deficit,” President Obama said Tuesday. But the proposal, outlined in Obama’s budget request Monday, faces major obstacles in Congress. Republicans… Read more »

2011-02-15

After decades of growing fat off the taxpayers, oil and gas companies are crying now that the meal may be done. In the 2012 budget, the Obama administration is, again, targeting the $3.6 billion fossil fuel industries receive in tax breaks and taxpayer-funded subsidies. Maybe the third time will be the charm for this effort…. Read more »

2011-02-11

Representative Doug Lamborn (CO-5) last night parroted oil and gas industry claims that regulations are preventing drilling on public lands in the West. But let’s take a look at the facts: Of the 30 million acres of drillable BLM lands under lease by oil and gas companies, two thirds, or 20 million acres, have not… Read more »

2011-02-1

The latest news out of Washington and Colorado shows that the need for transparency in natural gas production heightens as each day passes. Unlike other toxic chemicals, which are allowed to be injected into the ground for natural gas extraction under an exception known as the Halliburton loophole, the Safe Drinking Water Act specifically forbids… Read more »

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