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The Revenue-Raising Opportunity To Fund Climate and Conservation

An offshore oil platform is seen off the coast of Huntington Beach, California, on Sunday, April 5, 2020. (Getty/Orange County Register/MediaNews Group/Leonard Ortiz)

The Revenue-Raising Opportunity To Fund Climate and Conservation

Congress can raise revenues to fund climate action on public lands by fixing the broken federal leasing program.

Aug 31, 2021

Jenny Rowland-Shea, Ryan Richards

Jenny Rowland-Shea

Deputy Director, Public Lands

These Top 5 Oil Companies Just Raked In $35 Billion While Americans Pay More at the Pump

Nicole Gentile

Senior Director, Public Lands

Achieving Energy Independence While Supporting European Allies

Sally Hardin

Director, Energy and Environment Campaigns

These Top 5 Oil Companies Just Raked In $35 Billion While Americans Pay More at the Pump

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How Cheap Federal Leases Benefit Oil and Gas Companies Fact Sheet

A man fills his water truck so he can do dust control on the road in an oil and gas lease in Colorado, October 2014. (Getty/The Denver Post/RJ Sangosti)

How Cheap Federal Leases Benefit Oil and Gas Companies

The oil and gas industry is using undeveloped federal leases of U.S. public lands to inflate corporate valuations while shortchanging U.S. taxpayers.

Aug 29, 2018

Mark K. DeSantis

A Rulemaking to Close Loopholes and Cut Subsidies for the Federal Coal Program Fact Sheet

A shovel prepares to dump a load of coal into a 320-ton truck at the Black Thunder Mine in Wright, Wyoming, April 2007. Black Thunder Mine is located in the state's Powder River Basin. (AP/Matthew Brown)

A Rulemaking to Close Loopholes and Cut Subsidies for the Federal Coal Program

The U.S. Department of the Interior is aiming to close a loophole so that coal companies can no longer use their affiliates to dodge royalty payments, but this rule needs to be strengthened to guarantee that taxpayers receive every dollar due for their resources.

May 6, 2015

Nidhi Thakar