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POGO WINSAugust 4, 2010
POGO Comment on the House Reforms in Response to the Gulf Oil DisasterJuly 30, 2010
POGO Applauds House Passage of Whistleblower Protections for Oil and Gas Industry WorkersJuly 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 DeductionsJuly 28, 2010
Interior Agency Needs to Dig Deeper on ReformsJuly 22, 2010
Onshore Drilling Regulator Becomes President of Industry GroupJuly 16, 2010
House Panel Moves Towards Better Oversight in Wake of Deepwater Horizon DisasterJuly 15, 2010
POGO Recommends More Oversight and Accountability in the CLEAR ActJuly 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 InteriorJune 24, 2010
MMS Reforms Must Dig DeeperJune 17, 2010
POGO applauds Representative Rahall for holding BP accountableJune 3, 2010
POGO Submits FOIA Request for Minerals Management Service DocumentsMay 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 AnnouncementMay 19, 2010
POGO Supports Obama's Call to End MMS's Cozy Relationship with IndustryMay 14, 2010
Salazar Should Finish the Job, Separate All Oversight Functions from Oil and Gas LeasingMay 11, 2010
MMS Understated Scale and Impact of Oil Spills in Five-Year PlanMay 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 EditionApril 30, 2010
MMS Thought Deepwater Horizon was Award-Winningly SAFEApril 29, 2010
More Lessons From the Deepwater Horizon DisasterApril 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 RIKSeptember 16, 2009
POGO Supports Legislation to Reform MMSSeptember 25, 2008
POGO Royalties-In-Kind Report: Drilling The TaxpayerSeptember 17, 2008
POGO: DOI’s Minerals Management Service Wins “Worst Misconduct Abuse” Award September 10, 2008
Interior Staff Had Inappropriate Relationships with Oil IndustryJune 5, 2008
Taxpayers Could Lose $53 Billion From Oil LeasesMay 28, 2008
Court Finds POGO Acted in “Good Faith”April 11, 2008
Mineral Royalties Hearing: Data Reliability is a Major Risk FactorMarch 14, 2008
Congress Turns Its Attention to Royalty CollectionMarch 10, 2008
POGO’S Day In Court: No Good Deed Goes Unpunished February 12, 2008
Oil Companies Billed $66 Million In Late Interest PaymentsOctober 2, 2007
U.S. Government Among Lowest Recipients of Drilling FeesJune 1, 2007
Under a Cloud of Scandal, Minerals Officials Flee Interior DepartmentMay 23, 2007
Minerals Director Burton Resigns After 5 Years of Aiding Big OilMay 8, 2007
POGO Cheers MMS Director’s Resignation May 8, 2007
POGO Disgusted by DOI’s ‘Honor System’ for Big Oil CompaniesJanuary 18, 2007
Interior Dept. Officials Told Auditor Not to Bill Oil Company; Jury Trial Scheduled in False Claims Act CaseNovember 17, 2006
POGO Disgusted by Reports of Retaliation Against Interior Department AuditorsSeptember 21, 2006
POGO Finds Steep Drop in Royalties Collected by MMSSeptember 14, 2006
Members of Congress Question Interior Department re: RoyaltiesJuly 24, 2006
Oil Industry Tycoon Disputes Royalty Claims Made by GovernmentFebruary 15, 2006
DOE makes the right move by recommending to relocate the Moab, Utah uranium pile from the banks of the Colorado RiverApril 7, 2005
POGO Slams Bush Administration for Reopening Oil RuleMarch 5, 2003
GAO: Interior Can't Tell Whether It is Losing Taxpayer MoneyJanuary 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-KindJuly 24, 2002
EPA Ombudsman Resigns: Accountability in Handling of Superfund Sites ThreatenedApril 22, 2002
EPA Ombudsman's Office Shut Down, Whitman Attempts to Confiscate FilesJanuary 29, 2002
Federal Natural Gas Royalty Underpayment LitigationJanuary 2, 2002
FACT SHEET: Federal Oil Royalty LitigationJanuary 2, 2002
Taxpayers Will Lose Millions of Dollars to Big Oil under Energy BillJuly 10, 2001
Fact Sheet on Royalty-in-Kind in H.R. 2436, the Energy Security ActJune 24, 2001
House Adopts Provision to Ensure Oil Companies Pay Fair ShareJune 21, 2001
Fact Sheet on Royalty-in-Kind in the FY 2002 Interior Appropriations BillJune 21, 2001
Should Oil and Gas Companies Be Trusted to Pay Royalties In Kind?February 8, 2001
EPA Ombudsman Office BackgroundJanuary 1, 2001
Big Victory for Colorado River and Those Who Drink From ItOctober 11, 2000
HERE WE GO AGAIN! Oil Industry Pushes New Amendment to Avoid Royalty PaymentsSeptember 18, 2000
Moab Uranium Tailings Pile Fact SheetMay 24, 2000
Oil Royalty Settlements: Big Oil and Good Government - They Just Don't MixApril 28, 2000
Statement of POGO Executive Director Danielle Brian on finalization of the Department of Interior's Oil Valuation RuleMarch 14, 2000
Bill Hedden to Receive POGO's 1999 "Beyond the Headlines Award"January 12, 2000
Oil Royalty Lawsuit Settlements Pass $1/4 BillionDecember 13, 1999
Public Wins--Big Oil Loses on Oil Royalty IssueNovember 16, 1999
Sen. Hutchison Says Oil is "on its knees" But Royalty-Evaders Make $9.2 Billion Profits in 1st Half of 1999September 20, 1999
Justice Department Oil Settlements Approach $200 Million As Senate Prepares to Perpetuate Oil Royalty UnderpaymentsSeptember 7, 1999
Effects of the Moratorium on Implementation of Oil Royalty RuleSeptember 1, 1999
America's Top Oil-Producing States Agree: Interior's Rule Urgently NeededAugust 1, 1999
New Evidence of Royalty Rip-Offs Mounts...But Big Oil Presses Ahead on Senate Bail-Out SchemeJuly 22, 1999
Oil State Senators Push $200 Million Giveaway to Big OilJuly 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 LegislationMarch 23, 1999
Moab Uranium Tailings Pile on the Colorado River Fact SheetMarch 1, 1999
EPA Contractor Performing Tests at Superfund Site Has Mistake-Laden PastOctober 22, 1998
Statement On The Eight-Month Delay In The Oil Royalty RuleOctober 15, 1998
States and Indian Nations Say "ENOUGH IS ENOUGH" - Let Interior Issue Its Oil Royalty RuleJuly 9, 1998
Stop The Royalty Rip-Off!July 7, 1998
POGO Alert: "Who the Hell is Regulating Who?" The NRC's Abdication of ResponsibilitySeptember 1, 1996