The oil lobby’s argument is, essentially, that repealing the rule is a net benefit for the public, the environment, and the economies of oil-producing states like New Mexico. Not one of these assertions are based in fact.
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Oil lobby group misses the facts, attacks public safeguards
Oct 15, 2018
Issue: Oil & Gas
Subject: Interior
By Center for Western Priorities
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