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Natural Resources Alerts


Crime of the Century? Judge Approves $3.4 Billion Settlement for More Than 100 Years' Worth of Bungled Royalty Payments to Native Americans
June 22, 2011


Inspector General’s Reports Show Officials May Have Ignored Ethical Misconduct in Bureau of Land Management
March 2, 2011


BP Oil Spill Bills Revive the Reforms Needed to Prevent another Disaster
January 28, 2011


Obama’s BP Oil Spill Report Favored Public Relations Over Scientific Concerns
January 26, 2011


Timeline of Former Interior Secretary's Transition to Shell Raises Questions
December 17, 2010


Calling Congressional Investigators--Will New Interior Training Academies Improve Inspections?
November 4, 2010


New Details Emerge out of POGO's BLM Ethics Investigation
October 22, 2010


BLM Director Requests Renewed Investigative Inquiry
October 22, 2010


Interior Department Ethics Problems Spill into BLM
October 13, 2010


Kerr-McGee Fined Nearly $23 Million in Penalties for Underpaying Royalties
September 22, 2010


POGO statement regarding the Outer Continental Shelf Safety Oversight Board report
September 8, 2010


Penalties May Not Surpass BP's Oil Spill Tax Credit
August 4, 2010


POGO WINS
August 4, 2010


POGO Applauds House Passage of Whistleblower Protections for Oil and Gas Industry Workers
July 30, 2010


POGO Comment on the House Reforms in Response to the Gulf Oil Disaster
July 30, 2010


House Advances POGO Recommendations for Strong Reforms in Response to the Gulf Oil Disaster
July 30, 2010


POGO's Comment on BP's Tax Deductions
July 28, 2010


Interior Agency Needs to Dig Deeper on Reforms
July 22, 2010


Onshore Drilling Regulator Becomes President of Industry Group
July 16, 2010


House Panel Moves Towards Better Oversight in Wake of Deepwater Horizon Disaster
July 15, 2010


POGO Recommends More Oversight and Accountability in the CLEAR Act
July 12, 2010


POGO Applauds the Senate Energy Committee for Voting in Favor of Slowing Revolving Door between Industry and Interior
June 30, 2010


POGO Applauds Salazar for Recommending Two-Year Revolving Door Ban for Interior
June 24, 2010


MMS Reforms Must Dig Deeper
June 17, 2010


POGO applauds Representative Rahall for holding BP accountable
June 3, 2010


POGO Submits FOIA Request for Minerals Management Service Documents
May 27, 2010


MMS District Manager to IG: "Obviously, We're All Oil Industry"
May 25, 2010


Can a Lab Paid by BP Assess the Environmental Damage from the Gulf Oil Spill Without Bias?
May 21, 2010


Breaking up MMS and Kicking Industry out of Bed: POGO Applauds Sec. Salazar's Announcement
May 19, 2010


POGO Supports Obama's Call to End MMS's Cozy Relationship with Industry
May 14, 2010


Salazar Should Finish the Job, Separate All Oversight Functions from Oil and Gas Leasing
May 11, 2010


MMS Understated Scale and Impact of Oil Spills in Five-Year Plan
May 4, 2010


Taxpayers Shouldn’t Let Interior Off the Hook When it Comes to Deepwater Horizon
May 3, 2010


MMS Scandal: Where Are They Now? Deepwater Horizon Edition
April 30, 2010


MMS Thought Deepwater Horizon was Award-Winningly SAFE
April 29, 2010


More Lessons From the Deepwater Horizon Disaster
April 29, 2010


How Much Will the Deepwater Horizon Spill Cost Taxpayers?
April 28, 2010


GAO Says Interior Still Doesn’t Know How Much Taxpayers Are Getting Ripped Off
April 14, 2010


POGO's Comment on Salazar Ending RIK
September 16, 2009


POGO Supports Legislation to Reform MMS
September 25, 2008


POGO Royalties-In-Kind Report: Drilling The Taxpayer
September 17, 2008


POGO: DOI’s Minerals Management Service Wins “Worst Misconduct Abuse” Award
September 10, 2008


Interior Staff Had Inappropriate Relationships with Oil Industry
June 5, 2008


Taxpayers Could Lose $53 Billion From Oil Leases
May 28, 2008


Court Finds POGO Acted in “Good Faith”
April 11, 2008


Mineral Royalties Hearing: Data Reliability is a Major Risk Factor
March 14, 2008


Congress Turns Its Attention to Royalty Collection
March 10, 2008


POGO’S Day In Court: No Good Deed Goes Unpunished
February 12, 2008


Oil Companies Billed $66 Million In Late Interest Payments
October 2, 2007


U.S. Government Among Lowest Recipients of Drilling Fees
June 1, 2007


Under a Cloud of Scandal, Minerals Officials Flee Interior Department
May 23, 2007


Minerals Director Burton Resigns After 5 Years of Aiding Big Oil
May 8, 2007


POGO Cheers MMS Director’s Resignation
May 8, 2007


POGO Disgusted by DOI’s ‘Honor System’ for Big Oil Companies
January 18, 2007


Interior Dept. Officials Told Auditor Not to Bill Oil Company; Jury Trial Scheduled in False Claims Act Case
November 17, 2006


POGO Disgusted by Reports of Retaliation Against Interior Department Auditors
September 21, 2006


POGO Finds Steep Drop in Royalties Collected by MMS
September 14, 2006


Members of Congress Question Interior Department re: Royalties
July 24, 2006


Oil Industry Tycoon Disputes Royalty Claims Made by Government
February 15, 2006


DOE makes the right move by recommending to relocate the Moab, Utah uranium pile from the banks of the Colorado River
April 7, 2005


POGO Slams Bush Administration for Reopening Oil Rule
March 5, 2003


GAO: Interior Can't Tell Whether It is Losing Taxpayer Money
January 16, 2003


Congressional / Citizen Oversight Forum on the need for an independent ombudsman at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
January 10, 2003


POGO's Counter Response to "MMS's Response to POGO letter to Energy Bill Conferees"
September 6, 2002


POGO Urges Energy Bill Conferees to Oppose Royalty-in-Kind
July 24, 2002


EPA Ombudsman Resigns: Accountability in Handling of Superfund Sites Threatened
April 22, 2002


EPA Ombudsman's Office Shut Down, Whitman Attempts to Confiscate Files
January 29, 2002


Federal Natural Gas Royalty Underpayment Litigation
January 2, 2002


FACT SHEET: Federal Oil Royalty Litigation
January 2, 2002


Taxpayers Will Lose Millions of Dollars to Big Oil under Energy Bill
July 10, 2001


Fact Sheet on Royalty-in-Kind in H.R. 2436, the Energy Security Act
June 24, 2001


House Adopts Provision to Ensure Oil Companies Pay Fair Share
June 21, 2001


Fact Sheet on Royalty-in-Kind in the FY 2002 Interior Appropriations Bill
June 21, 2001


Should Oil and Gas Companies Be Trusted to Pay Royalties In Kind?
February 8, 2001


EPA Ombudsman Office Background
January 1, 2001


Big Victory for Colorado River and Those Who Drink From It
October 11, 2000


HERE WE GO AGAIN! Oil Industry Pushes New Amendment to Avoid Royalty Payments
September 18, 2000


Moab Uranium Tailings Pile Fact Sheet
May 24, 2000


Oil Royalty Settlements: Big Oil and Good Government - They Just Don't Mix
April 28, 2000


Statement of POGO Executive Director Danielle Brian on finalization of the Department of Interior's Oil Valuation Rule
March 14, 2000


Bill Hedden to Receive POGO's 1999 "Beyond the Headlines Award"
January 12, 2000


Oil Royalty Lawsuit Settlements Pass $1/4 Billion
December 13, 1999


Public Wins--Big Oil Loses on Oil Royalty Issue
November 16, 1999


Sen. Hutchison Says Oil is "on its knees" But Royalty-Evaders Make $9.2 Billion Profits in 1st Half of 1999
September 20, 1999


Justice Department Oil Settlements Approach $200 Million As Senate Prepares to Perpetuate Oil Royalty Underpayments
September 7, 1999


Effects of the Moratorium on Implementation of Oil Royalty Rule
September 1, 1999


America's Top Oil-Producing States Agree: Interior's Rule Urgently Needed
August 1, 1999


New Evidence of Royalty Rip-Offs Mounts...But Big Oil Presses Ahead on Senate Bail-Out Scheme
July 22, 1999


Oil State Senators Push $200 Million Giveaway to Big Oil
July 15, 1999


Moab Uranium Tailings Pile on the Colorado River: POGO Releases Report, NRC Sells Environment Down the River; Members of Congress Issue Statements in Support of Legislation
March 23, 1999


Moab Uranium Tailings Pile on the Colorado River Fact Sheet
March 1, 1999


EPA Contractor Performing Tests at Superfund Site Has Mistake-Laden Past
October 22, 1998


Statement On The Eight-Month Delay In The Oil Royalty Rule
October 15, 1998


States and Indian Nations Say "ENOUGH IS ENOUGH" - Let Interior Issue Its Oil Royalty Rule
July 9, 1998


Stop The Royalty Rip-Off!
July 7, 1998


POGO Alert: "Who the Hell is Regulating Who?" The NRC's Abdication of Responsibility
September 1, 1996