May 2011 - Checks and Balances Project

Oil and gas spills has negative impact hunting and fishing recreation, local economies

2011-05-26

On Thursday, the Bull Moose Sportsmen’s Alliance released a report that shows impacts of oil and gas spills on some of America’s most prized areas for hunting and fishing. Hunting and fishing has an enormous impact on the nation’s economy – more than $76 billion per year. The report analyzed three Colorado counties, Ro Blanco,… Read more »

2011-05-26

As we head into the Memorial Day weekend and the unofficial start of the summer travel season, families are feeling the pinch from high gas prices. Unfortunately, instead of pushing for real solutions to help Americans save money and drive our nation toward energy independence, the oil and gas industry lobby continues demanding more government… Read more »

2011-05-26

The House Natural Resources Committee met yesterday for a hearing titled, “Harnessing American Resources to Create Jobs and Address Rising Gasoline Prices – Part III: Impacts on Seniors, Working Families and Memorial Day Vacations.” The hearing seems to have generated about as much interest as another trequel, “Police Academy 3: Back in Training.” The majority… Read more »

2011-05-24

The gas industry has embarked on another discreditation campaign, this time against a research professor at Cornell University. Robert Howarth is a biogeochemist and ecosystem scientist who recently authored a study that said gas may produce as much greenhouse gas emissions as coal production. Howarth’s study has gained much attention, especially from the America’s Natural… Read more »

2011-05-24

Robin Bravender | May 24, 2011 | Reposted from Politico Oversight committee Republicans led by Issa this week accused the administration of “pursuing an agenda to raise the price Americans pay for energy” in order to advance its renewable energy agenda. It’s been a familiar theme for Republicans — not just Palin — as prices… Read more »

2011-05-24

Today, the House Committee on Oversight & Government Reform released a 40-page report in an attempt to shift blame for the recent increase in gasoline prices away from Big Oil. Chairman Darrell Issa and his Republican colleagues on the committee took in a grand total of $453,910 dollars from the oil and gas industry during… Read more »

2011-05-19

On Thursday, just days after voting to protect $21 billion in corporate welfare for oil and gas corporations, Sen. John Barrasso (R-WY) submitted legislation rolling back water, air, and wildlife protections to drilling impacts. A few key facts about oil and gas drilling on public lands: Oil and gas companies have recklessly polluted our air,… Read more »

2011-05-18

Tuesday night’s vote in the Senate was telling. The vote was on a motion to proceed on S. 90, the Close Big Oil Tax Loopholes Act. If the bill had passed, over the next 10 years $21 billion taxpayer dollars would have stopped flowing into Big Oil’s bank accounts. Instead, that money would have been… Read more »

THE BALANCE SHEET: MAY 16, 2011

2011-05-17

Our weekly update to unravel the industry and political spin around the energy debate IN CASE YOU MISSED IT CUTTING OIL SUBSIDIES DOES NOT HURT THE CONSUMER ProPublica brought some much needed attention to a Resources for the Future report showing that cutting taxpayer-funded, corporate welfare to Big Oil would only cost the average American… Read more »

2011-05-16

Dana Dolney, the woman many in Pennsylvania know for standing up for her right to be heard at a public meeting, says she is going to run for the Democratic nomination for County Executive in Alleghany County. The Checks and Balances Project posted an interview Dolney gave in April, at a fracking information meeting in… Read more »

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