September 2011 - Checks and Balances Project

Gas Industrial Complex Series: Speech suppression against scientists becoming standard operating procedure

2011-09-30

By Andrew Schenkel For more than a year the gas industry has been at war with those raising concerns about the hydraulic fracturing process. Hydraulic fracturing, or fracking as many know it, is a process where large quanties of a water/chemical mixture are injected at high pressures into the ground to get at previously inaccessible… Read more »

2011-09-29

New developments suggest former Clinton staffer dodged rules while lobbying Congress New developments from Washington, DC reveal that lobbyists for TransCanada’s proposed Keystone XL pipeline acted inappropriately while trying to gain support for the crude pipeline that would connect the Alberta Tar Sands with the Gulf of Mexico. Recent reports show that a chief lobbyist… Read more »

2011-09-29

Last week, Rep. Raul Grijalva and Sen. Tom Udall released a copy of their request for a Government Accountability Office (GAO) investigation to determine if Americans are receiving a fair return on the oil, gas, and hardrock minerals extracted from public lands. This could prove to be an important step to shining the spotlight and… Read more »

2011-09-28

New info-graphic shows that Keystone’s support is small but heavily funded By Andrew Schenkel A recent info-graphic posted to the Huffington Post’s Green section shows the disproportionately large amount of opposition to the proposed Keystone XL pipeline compared to the support for it. The graphic shows that there are literally seven major supporters for the… Read more »

CAP sheds light on Big Oil’s books

2011-09-28

The Center for American Progress (CAP) posted an article today that takes a good look at the top five oil and gas companies’ financial shape. Here are a few highlights from what they discovered: BP and Shell, the two largest foreign oil companies that operate in the United States, had combined cash reserves of nearly… Read more »

THE BALANCE SHEET | Sept 28, 2011

2011-09-28

Our weekly update to unravel the industry and political spin around the energy debate IN CASE YOU MISSED IT WHITE HOUSE CONTINUES PUSH FOR BIG OIL TO PAY FAIR SHARE On Monday, the White House unveiled the “President’s Plan for Economic Growth and Deficit Reduction” which included cutting billions in wasteful taxpayer-funded subsidies to the… Read more »

9 FACTS ABOUT THE OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY

2011-09-26

In a news release earlier today, the Western Energy Alliance claims that “Colorado BLM offered a shockingly low four parcels in 2011” for oil and gas leasing. They failed to mention that Colorado BLM is set to auction an additional 54 parcels covering more than 41,700 acres. And, there are several million acres leased in… Read more »

2011-09-25

Third generation Wyoming rancher and former director of the Bureau of Land Management in Wyoming Bill Eikenberry is on Huffington Post with a unique perspective on the dangers caused by abusing categorical exclusions to create shorcuts to development. Check out the piece.

2011-09-21

On Monday, Andrew Morriss of the Mercatus Institute was a guest on the Dylan Ratigan Show. In a recent profile of the Industrial Wind Action Group, the Checks and Balances Project highlighted Mr. Morriss one of the many “experts” using disinformation to attack renewable energy. The Mercatus Institute has received millions of dollars from the… Read more »

2011-09-21

Update: Read Rep. Grijalva and Sen. Udall’s letter to the Comptroller General. Rep. Raùl Grijalva and Sen. Tom Udall are announcing proactive steps they’ve taken to determine if American families are receiving what they deserve from the oil and gas companies that lease public lands. Grijalva and Udall have officially requested the Government Accountability Office… Read more »

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