For immediate release April 26, 2011 Media Contact: Matt Garrington, Deputy Director matthew@checksandbalancesproject.org (303) 454-3376 Washington, DC – This week, Big Oil will announce record profits at a time when Americans are suffering at the gas pump. In the first quarter of 2011, ExxonMobil is expected to post a gain of 50 percent while a… Read more »
Our weekly update to unravel the industry and political spin around the energy debate IN CASE YOU MISSED IT WE’RE IN THE WRONG LINE OF WORK While Americans are suffering from pain at the pump, Halliburton reported last week that its first quarter revenue set a company record at $5.3 billion, which is up from… Read more »
Matt Garrington | April 24, 2011 | Reposted from The Denver Post On April 20, 2010, Americans were reminded, in living color, of the dangers inherent in letting oil companies go unchecked. We sat glued to our televisions and computers, watching the Deepwater Horizon rig burn in the Gulf of Mexico. Observers and pundits immediately… Read more »
Neslin’s narrow definition of hydraulic fracturing misleads Committee members **As Pennsylvanians deal with the breaking news that wastewater from a Chesapeake hydraulic fracturing well blowout has entered their drinking supplies, similar stories continue to unfold in Colorado.** Within minutes after his testimony about the safety of hydraulic fracturing in front of the United States Senate… Read more »
Amy Harder | April 18, 2011 | Reposted from The National Journal The Federal Land Policy and Management Act This 1976 law governs the way the Interior Department’s Bureau of Land Management administers public lands. To date, the bureau has protected just 1 percent of Western public land as wilderness and has leased 42 percent of… Read more »
Our weekly update to unravel the industry and political spin around the energy debate IN CASE YOU MISSED IT 2010 ONSHORE OIL SPILLS EXXON VALDEZ x3 Last Tuesday, CBS News reported that there were over 6,500 spills, leaks, fires or explosions nationwide at onshore drill sites or pipelines. And, at least 34 million gallons of… Read more »
David O. Williams | April 13, 2011 | Reposted from The Colorado Independent Observers of the century-long quest to extract oil from the shale rocks of Colorado’s Western Slope are fond of saying “oil shale is the fuel of the future … and always will be.” Never commercially viable because of the costs and resources… Read more »
Our weekly update to unravel the industry and political spin around the energy debate IN CASE YOU MISSED IT WHAT’S THE DEFINITION OF AN IMPARTIAL WITNESS? Last week’s Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources Oversight Hearing turned into a good ol’ boys club, when Rep. Doug Lamborn invited his buddy, James Schroeder, to testify. Schroeder… Read more »
In the course of some routine research, Checks and Balances came across an interesting piece of information. James Schroeder, President and CEO of Mesa Energy Partners, LLC and President of the Western Energy Alliance is scheduled to be a witness at Rep. Lamborn’s hearing Tuesday. Schroeder contributed $2,000 to the Western Energy Alliance’s PAC in… Read more »
**Update: Our friend Tom Kenworthy from the Center for American Progress breaks down the economic facts behind drilling over at The Wonk Room. The question remains: Will Lamborn, Hastings and their colleagues finally work to end government welfare for fossil fuels?** On Monday, March 28, a group of 15 residents of the Colorado Springs area… Read more »
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