New draft rules governing hydraulic fracturing on federal lands need to set a good example for states and local governments, according to The Wilderness Society.

The Wilderness Society today praised the federal Bureau of Land Management for releasing its updated Legacy Wells Summary Report and laying out a strategic plan to clean up abandoned oil and gas well sites drilled decades ago by the U.S. Navy and U.S.

The following statement from Dave Alberswerth, senior policy adviser for The Wilderness Society regards S. 761, the Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act, being voted out of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee.

ANCHORAGE, ALASKA (April 10, 2013) – Months after Shell’s series of humiliating technical missteps brought increased scrutiny from the U.S.