drilling

Trump Administration Kills Rule Putting Conservation of Public Lands on Equal Footing With Resource Extraction

Biden’s Public Lands Rule ensured protecting or rehabilitating federal land would be as legitimate a use as mining, logging or drilling. Republicans and developers said it was a threat to the principle of “multiple use.”

By Wyatt Myskow

Despite Limited Interest in Drilling on Federal Land, Forest Service ‘Streamlines’ Oil and Gas Leasing Rules

By Jake Bolster

Congress Axes Biden-Era Protections That Shielded Alaskan Wetlands From Drilling

By Carl David Goette-Luciak

Trump Promised a Drilling Boom. The New Rigs Haven’t Showed Up Yet

By Deep Vakil

House Committee Offers Fossil Fuel Industry a ‘Once in a Generation’ Opportunity to Develop on Public Lands

By Jake Bolster

‘Drill Baby Drill’: Texas City Approves New Site for Fracking Near Daycare and Schools

By Dylan Baddour

Plan for Gas Drilling Spree in New York’s Southern Tier Draws Muted Response from Regulators, But Outrage From Green Groups

By Peter Mantius

History of Racism Leaves Black Californians Most at Risk from Oil and Gas Drilling, New Research Shows

By Liza Gross

Biden Promised to Stop Oil Drilling on Public Lands. Is His Failure to Do So a Betrayal or a Smart Political Move?

By Marianne Lavelle

Judge’s Order Forces Interior Department to Revive Drilling Lease Sales on Federal Lands and Waters

By Judy Fahys

What’s On Interior’s To-Do List? A Full Plate of Public Lands Issues—and Trump Rollbacks—for Deb Haaland

By Judy Fahys

Tired of Wells That Threaten Residents’ Health, a Small California Town Takes on the Oil Industry

By Julia Kane

In Alaska’s North, Covid-19 Has Not Stopped the Trump Administration’s Quest to Drill for Oil

By Sabrina Shankman

Japan to Drill for Controversial "Fire Ice"

By Guest Writer

A Dangerous Life Miles from Land and Focused on One Thing: Black Gold

By Guest Writer

Obama's Energy Plan: All of the Above — Including a Price on Carbon

By SolveClimate Staff

$2.36 Trillion? Report on Costs of Drilling Moratorium Has Holes, Economists Say

By Dave Levitan