InWestwisebyJesse Prentice-Dunn·Mar 15, 2022By the numbers: Oil industry awash in permits, leases while pushing for more drillingAs war rages in Ukraine and debate over drilling on American public lands is once again in the news, a new dashboard from the Center for…
InWestwisebyJesse Prentice-Dunn·Aug 10, 2021Despite oil industry howling, companies are awash in public lands drilling permitsNew data shows oil companies have nearly 10,000 approved, but unused, permits
InWestwisebyJesse Prentice-Dunn·May 18, 2021Oil industry continues to cry wolf while racking up profitsWhile attacking temporary pause on public lands leases, companies tout significant 1st quarter gains
InWestwisebyJesse Prentice-Dunn·Apr 26, 2021Debunking the oil industry’s false claims on Biden’s leasing reformRecent Interior Department forum featured misleading statements from lobbyists, executives
InWestwisebyJesse Prentice-Dunn·Apr 12, 2021No time to waste in restoring our national monumentsVisit from Secretary Haaland showed strong support for protecting Bears Ears, Grand Staircase-Escalante
InWestwisebyJesse Prentice-Dunn·Mar 2, 2021It’s time for President Biden to restore our national monumentsProtecting Bears Ears and Grand Staircase is enormously popular, even in UtahA response icon1A response icon1
InWestwisebyJesse Prentice-Dunn·Jan 25, 2021The sky is not falling on the oil and gas industryPausing new oil leasing is the first step towards overhauling our broken, rigged, and outdated public lands drilling systemA response icon1A response icon1
InWestwisebyJesse Prentice-Dunn·Jan 25, 2021The dismal legacy of Trump’s ‘Energy Dominance’ agendaAfter four years of giveaways to the oil industry, opportunity emerges to modernize system for drilling on public landsA response icon2A response icon2
InWestwisebyJesse Prentice-Dunn·Dec 3, 2020Inside Interior Secretary David Bernhardt’s Wildly Destructive Track RecordThe former oil lobbyist has built a shameful legacy for our parks, public lands, and wildlifeA response icon2A response icon2
InWestwisebyJesse Prentice-Dunn·Nov 24, 2020Congress again poised to pass major conservation legislationPublic land provisions would be step towards protecting 30% of America by 2030