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Gov't finalizes safety rule for offshore drilling
August 15, 2012 8:40 PM
WASHINGTON (AP) - Government regulators are finalizing safety rules for offshore drilling put in place after the BP oil spill. The Interior Department put emergency regulations in place after the drilling rig explosion in the Gulf of Mexico that killed 11 people in 2010. Those regulations have been fine-tuned to... more » -
Tribes, government agree to $1 billion settlement
April 11, 2012 7:51 PM
YAKIMA, Wash. (AP) - The federal government says it will pay more than $1 billion to settle a series of lawsuits brought by American Indian tribes over mismanagement of trust lands. The settlement announced jointly by the Justice Department and the Interior Department resolves claims brought by 41 tribes from... more » -
Wyo., Colo. share in federal energy revenues
November 8, 2011 8:41 PM
DENVER (AP) - Wyoming is tops among states that shared in revenues from oil, gas and mineral production on federal land within their borders in the last fiscal year. The Interior Department said Monday it collected $11.16 billion from energy production on public lands and offshore areas in fiscal... more » -
Interior ends troubled oil royalty program
September 16, 2009 11:06 AM
The Interior Department says it is ending a controversial program that allows companies to give the government in-kind payments for oil and natural gas taken from federal land and waters, instead of making cash royalty payments. The royalty-in-kind program has been criticized for lax enforcement. Critics charge it has led... more »
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