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POGO in the News - Natural Resources
Recusal policy reveals oil industry-gov't ties, Dina Cappiello, Associated Press, CNBC, July 26, 2011
Higher oil royalty charges expected from Obama, Evan Bush; Center for Public Integrity, Tucscon Sentinel.com, June 18, 2011
Cozy relationship between Casper BLM manager, contractor deserves more scrutiny, By Dustin Bleizeffer, WyoFile, March 10, 2011
BLM pressed on alleged ethics violations by former Wyoming manager, By Scott Streater, Environment & Energy Daily reporter, WyoFile, March 8, 2011
Report: Favors to Wyo. BLM official in land deal, Associated Press, KULR-8 New, March 6, 2011
Report: Wyo. BLM field office manager took favors from public-private land deal beneficiary, By Mead Gruver, Associated Press, The Republic, March 4, 2011
2009 investigation report from the Interior Department's Office of the Inspector General, By Jeremy Fugleberg, Casper Star-Tribune, March 3, 2011
Dept. of Interior Ignoring Ethical Violations at BLM, Secret Dealings with Energy Industry, By Rachel Cernansky, Treehugger, March 3, 2011
Interior's Management Of Oil And Gas Is 'High-Risk' Program: GAO, By Marcus Baram, The Huffington Post; The Watchdog, February 16, 2011
BP royalty payments in gulf spill face scrutiny, By Ralph Vartabedian, The Los Angeles Times, February 3, 2011
Did PR Beat Out Science in the Obama Oil Spill Report?, By Noel Brinkerhoff, AllGov.com, January 28, 2011
Watchdog: Admin Ignored Scientists' Spill Report Recommendations, By Kate Sheppard, Mother Jones, January 26, 2011
White House is accused of politicizing oil spill estimates, By David Hammer, The Times-Picayune, January 25, 2011
Feds want investigation of NMOGA’s Steve Henke reopened, By Bryant Furlow, The New Mexico Independent, October 29, 2010
BLM director wants to reopen inquiry, By Chuck Slothower, The Farmington Daily Times, October 25, 2010
BLM took no action against manager who took oil company gifts, By Bryant Furlow, The New Mexico Independent, October 18, 2010
Ex-regulator's new job queried; 'Revolving door' charge rebuffed, By Jim McElhatton, The Washington Times, October 17, 2010
Report: Interior Dept. Took No Action After Official Accepted Oil Industry Gifts, By Andrew Restuccia, The Washington Independent, October 13, 2010
A Win for Whistleblowers, By Kate Sheppard, Mother Jones, August 5, 2010
Despite Anger Over BP Spill, Washington Might Not Act, By Shashank Bengali and William Douglas, McClatchy Newspapers, The Miami Herald, July 30, 2010
Three of every four oil and gas lobbyists worked for federal government, By Dan Eggen and Kimberly Kindy, The Washington Post, July 22, 2010
Groups seek investigation over oil industry hire, By Susan Montoya Bryan, Associated Press, Salon, July 21, 2010
Minerals Management Serice and Offshore Drilling Regulation, Testimony By POGO's Danielle Brian, House Committee Natural Resources | Energy and Mineral Resources, June 17, 2010
Dick Cheney's Last Laugh, By Kate Sheppard, Mother Jones, June 10, 2010
Before Deepwater Horizon Disaster – Wyomingites Had Key Roles in MMS, By Rone Tempest, Wyofile.com, June 2, 2010
Obama Administration Official Resigns in Wake of BP Spill, By Yunji de Nies, ABC News, May 27, 2010
INFLUENCE GAME: Drilling regulators move from government to industry through revolving door, Associated Press, Fox News, May 26, 2010
Oil inspectors took company gifts, watchdog group finds, By Dugald McConnell and Carol Cratty, CNN, May 25, 2010
Oil Regulation or ‘Sex, Drugs, and Football’, By Larry Doyle, Wall Street Pit; Global Market Insight, May 25, 2010
Report Details Ethics Violations Of Offshore Agency, With Brian Naylor, National Public Radio (NPR), May 25, 2010
Feds neglect to collect billions from big oil, By Scott Hiaasen and Curtis Morgan, The Miami Herald, May 22, 2010
Why Is BP Calling the Shots in the Gulf?, With Matt Gutman, ABC News with Diane Sawyer, May 21, 2010
Libertarian Paul defends oil and gas company, With Chris Hayes, The Rachel Maddow Show, May 21, 2010
Conflict of Interest Worries Raised in Spill Tests, By Ian Urbina, The New York Times, May 20, 2010
After ten, Kathleen Dunn and her guest discuss the history and regulatory changes concerning offshore drilling, With Kathleen Dunn, Wisconsin Public Radio, May 18, 2010
Can MMS restructuring save regulation?, With Rachel Maddow, MSNBC: The Rachel Maddow Show, May 14, 2010
Regulatory Failure Marks Gulf Oil Spill Disaster, By David Dayen, Blog: Firedoglake, May 12, 2010
Minerals Management Service duties to be divided in wake of Gulf of Mexico oil leak, By Jonathan Tilove, NOLA.com, May 11, 2010
A plan to split offshore oil agency, With Brett Neely, Marketplace, May 11, 2010
Rules, Revolving Doors and the Oil Industry, By The Editors, The New York Times; Room For Debate: A Running Commentary On The News, May 6, 2010
Govt Agency: Offshore Drilling Regulator Understated Risks of Oil Spills in Plans to Expand Drilling, By Marian Wang, Propublica, May 5, 2010
There Will Be Blood, By Kate Sheppard, Mother Jones, May 5, 2010
Gulf Oil Spill Puts Spotlight on Regulator With Mixed Record, By Marian Wang, The ProPublica Blog, April 29, 2010
GAO again faults Interior royalty collection efforts, By Ben Geman, The Hill's E2 Wire: Energy & Environment Blog, April 15, 2010
GAO Report: Interior Fails to Accurately Track Oil and Gas Production on Federal Leases, By Noelle Straub, Greenwire, April 14, 2010
GAO Report: Interior Fails to Accurately Track Oil and Gas Production on Federal Leases, By Noelle Straub of Greenwire, New York Times, April 14, 2010
Interior launches ethics program, By Katherine McIntire Peters, Government Executive Magazine, September 24, 2009
No More Sex and Drugs in the Interior Department, By Lydia DePillis, The New Republic, September 18, 2009
Interior to Eliminate Royalty-In-Kind Program, By Noelle Straub and Ben Geman, The New York Times, September 16, 2009
Salazar buries the RIK program, By Gregg Carlstrom, Federal Times, September 16, 2009
Scandal-Plagued Oil Agency Revamping Itself, By Derek Kravitz, Washington Post Investigations, October 20, 2008
Drilling Would Help No One But Mismanaged Oil Industry, By Steve Colby, Huffington Post, October 3, 2008
MMS scandal spawns call for jail time, huge fines, By Derek Sands, Inside Energy, September 22, 2008
Auditors assail improper relationship between Interior, oil industry, By Gregg Carlstrom, Federal Times, September 21, 2008
Second Interior Official Pleads Guilty in Sex, Drugs and Oil Scandal, By Sharron Coutts, ProPublica, September 18, 2008
US government oversight group calls on MMS to abandon RIK program, By Derek Sands, Platts , September 17, 2008
Lakewood oil scandal overlooked, By Anne C. Mulkern, The Denver Post, September 17, 2008
GAO Auditors Question Interior's Collection of Energy Royalties, By Stephen Power, Wall Street Journal, September 17, 2008
Congress to investigate oil and gas royalty collections, By Katherine McIntire Peters, Government Executive, September 16, 2008
Inside the Beltway, By John McCaslin, The Washington Times, September 12, 2008
Sex, Drugs, and Offshore Drilling, By James Ridgeway, MoJo Blog, September 11, 2008
Sex Scandal At Federal Agency Is Not New, By Jeff Brady , NPR: All Things Considered, September 11, 2008
Oil-and-Sex Scandal Spawns Criticism, Hill Hearing, By Derek Kravitz, Washington Post Investigations, September 11, 2008
Sex for Oil? Reports Blast Interior Dept., By Lisa Stark, Theresa Cook, Kate Barrett, Jason Ryan and Jack Date, ABC World News with Charles Gibson, September 10, 2008
Scandal at Interior Department involving oil companies, By Tom Costello, NBC News: Nightly News, September 10, 2008
Sex, drugs and oil: corruption scandal rocks US agency, , Agence France Press, September 10, 2008
Oil companies gave sex, drinks, gifts to federal overseers, By Greg Gordon, McClatchy Newspapers, September 10, 2008
How to Fix It: Stop Leasing Public Lands at Fire-Sale Prices, By James Ridgeway, Mother Jones, September 1, 2008
Taxpayer Watchdog: President Should Appoint MMS Director, , Natural Gas Intelligence, March 17, 2008
DOI officials dispute calls to change royalties program, By Nick Snow, Penn Energy Oil & Gas Research, March 12, 2008
Watchdog Group: MMS Director Should be Presidential Appointee, , NGI's Daily Gas Price Index, March 11, 2008
Justice Pounds a Watchdog, By Shawn Zeller, CQ Weekly, February 24, 2008
POGO loses suit over payment to whistleblower, by Gregg Leslie, Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press Blog, February 12, 2008
Interior Seeks Repeal of Offshore Royalty Relief in FY '09 Budget, , Natural Gas Intelligence, February 11, 2008
Groups Press for More Interior Oil, Gas Auditors, NGI's Daily Gas Price Index, , Intelligence Press, February 8, 2008
Steward to head royalty-in-kind program at MMS; ran agency records projects, By Jean Chemnick, Inside Energy, January 21, 2008
Interior Department unveils new ethics plan, by Anika Gupta, GovExec.com, July 6, 2007
Watchdog Group: Burton Exit First Step Toward Systemic Reform of MMS, , National Gas Intelligence, May 14, 2007
The Royalty Treatment, , NOW by PBS, May 11, 2007
Controversial Head of Interior's minerals agency resigns, By Tim Kauffman, Federal Times, May 8, 2007
Democrats Taking Closer Look at Agency Oversight of Oil, Gas Leases, By Jean Chemnick, Politico, April 17, 2007
Senators Seek Way to Mend Faulty Oil and Gas Contracts, By Jean Chemnick, Politico, March 27, 2007
BP faces new charges in corrosion, By Megan Baldino, KTUU, Alaska, February 5, 2007
Lubrigate: Oil Company Cheated U.S. out of Millions, By Justin Rood, TPMMuckraker.com, January 24, 2007
Oil Royalties Slip-Sliding Away, By Jeff Tyler, Marketplace, January 16, 2007
Letting oil companies say 'Trust us', By Ashley Milne-Tyte , Marketplace, January 15, 2007
Pipeline closed six hours due to leak, By Angela Unruh, KTUU, Alaska, January 9, 2007
Study Suggests Incentives on Oil Barely Help U.S., By Edmund L. Andrews, New York Times, December 22, 2006
A billion here, a billion there, By Edward T. Pound, U.S. News and World Report , December 10, 2006
Agency bills BP in fee dispute, By Brett Clanton, Houston Chronicle, December 8, 2006
Report: Oil Royalty Program Ineffective, By Ian Talley, Houston Chronicle, December 6, 2006
Blowing the Whistle on Big Oil, By Edmund L. Andrews, The New York Times, December 3, 2006
Fighting Mad: Tycoon Jack Grynberg says the energy industry has stolen millions from him -- and billions from the government. What if he's right?, By Alan Prendergast, Westword News, November 16, 2006
Panel to analyze royalties system, By David Ivanovich, Houston Chronicle, November 15, 2006
Black Gold: Offshore oil and gas drilling has the potential to boost the economy or spoil the environment, or maybe both, By Katherine McIntire Peters, GovExec, November 1, 2006
Oil giant tries to shirk royalty payments to Indians, By Michelle Chen, The NewStandard, October 11, 2006
Uncle Sam is happy to get paid in crude, By David Ivanovich, Houston Chronicle, October 7, 2006
Now, oil-rich leaders mock Bush team, By Jay Bookman, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, September 25, 2006
Department of Billion-dollar Bungling, By Douglas Waller, Time, September 16, 2006
Seattle firm softened warnings about BP’s pipeline monitoring, By Steve Miletich and Hal Bernton, Seattle Times, August 26, 2006
Report Criticizing BP's Controls Is Investigated After Alterations, By Jim Carlton, Wall Street Journal, August 25, 2006
BP's Alaska Woes Are No Surprise For One Gadfly, By Jim Carlton, Wall Street Journal, August 12, 2006
Crude Awakening, , PBS NOW Show, June 16, 2006
Firms Harvesting Energy From Public Land May Owe U.S.; Under the False Claims Act, Groups Sue for More Fees , By T. R. Reid, Washington Post, May 7, 2006
Oil and Gas Companies Shortchanging Taxpayers by Hundreds of Millions of Dollars - Where is Congress?, , Press Release from Members of Congress, January 23, 2006
As Profits Soar, Companies Pay U.S. Less for Gas Rights , By Edmund L. Andrews, New York Times, January 23, 2006
Conflict of interest for Christine Todd Whitman? The EPA's ombudsman says Whitman muzzled him for criticizing a sweetheart Superfund settlement with a big investor in her husband's firm., By Mark Hertsgaard, Salon.com, January 14, 2002
Unocal to Pay U.S. More Than $21 Million for Underpayment of Oil Royalties, , Department of Justice Press Release, December 3, 2001
EPA to Transfer Ombudsman; Whitman Proposes IG Oversee Superfund's Sites Watchdog, By Edward Walsh, Washington Post, November 29, 2001
A Tug-of-War Over Ombudsman's Role; EPA Guidelines Would Limit Watchdog; Legislation Would Furnish Independence, By Edward Walsh, Washington Post, August 17, 2001
Making them pay: How big oil companies shortchange taxpayers on royalties, By Jim Morris, U.S. News and World Report, May 14, 2001
More public drilling? Let's collect bills first, , USA Today, April 6, 2001
Phillips Petroleum Pays $8 Million to Resolve Oil Royalty Claims: More Than $415 Million Paid to Date by 15 Companies, , Department of Justice Press Release, February 9, 2001
EPA's Quiet Man in the Middle, Watchdog Group Honors Ombudsman for Being Public's Voice, By Edward Walsh, Washington Post, December 8, 1998
