The oil and gas industry claims that the only way to address our country’s numerous energy issues is to open more public lands and waters to oil and natural gas drilling. What they don’t tell you is that drilling in America is already occurring at an astonishing pace and in a bewildering number of places. The facts below show that “more drilling” won’t solve America’s energy problems.

• Tags: America, drilling, natural gas, oil, public lands
• Related Campaigns: Energy

This Science and Policy Brief examines necessary policy reforms for natural gas production through these key points:

• Tags: BLM, Colorado, drilling, economy, Federal Land, gas, industry, Montana, natural gas, New Mexico, Obama Administration, oil, public lands, Utah, Wyoming
• Related Campaigns: Conservation Funding

Proponents of oil development in Alaska have been making promises, and breaking them, for decades. More than thirty years of industrial activity in Alaska have demonstrated that oil production is inherently a dirty business. Despite the industry’s best intentions to minimize impacts, environmental and social effects are accumulating and resulting in lasting harm to ecosystems and indigenous cultures. This report calls attention to the many gaps between promise and reality, casting doubt on the reassurances being made by drilling proponents and their allies.

• Tags: alaska, America's Arctic, development, gas, leasing, oil
• Related Campaigns: Energy