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Emails Show How Interior Dept Delivered New Drilling Permits for Burgum's Billionaire Ally

Oil and gas giant Continental Resources wanted the Bureau of Land Management to sign off on new wells in Wyoming, despite a court injunction there. The…

Published on Public Domain • May 7

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An Endangerment Whodunnit

Set partly in a suburban Texas strip mall.

Mar 10 • Josh Voorhees

Trump is wiping out all climate regulation. Big Oil may regret it.

For decades, oil majors fought climate regulation. Now, they’re afraid Trump’s extreme rollbacks could leave them on the hook to pay for what they’ve…

Published on HEATED • Feb 11

Energy Transfer Has a Make-Believe 'Friend'

A new investigation reveals the pipeline giant is using an astroturf group run by a powerful DC shadow lobbying firm in a bid to block Greenpeace's…

Dec 18, 2025 • Fieldnotes

Big Soda Wants to Turn MAGA Against MAHA. Here’s How the Oil & Gas Industry Fits In.

A Fieldnotes investigation reveals the companies behind the effort are relying on for-hire pollsters, strategists, and political money men with deep…

Oct 20, 2025 • Fieldnotes

‘The New Wild West:’ Inside the Oil & Gas Industry’s Plan to Profit from Carbon Capture in Ohio

Step one: A behind-the-scenes lobbying blitz that included writing legislation, handpicking lawmakers to introduce it, and lining up witnesses to…

Jul 22, 2025 • Fieldnotes

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