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Oil & Gas Government Shutdown Tracker

Oil & Gas Government Shutdown Tracker

The Center for Western Priorities’ Oil & Gas Shutdown Tracker monitors the approval of federal onshore oil and gas drilling permits during the 2025 government shutdown.

Western Oil and Gas Spills Report 2024

Western Oil and Gas Spills Report 2024

Overview Across the West, spills from oil and gas production harm landscapes, water sources, wildlife habitat, and communities. In Colorado, New Mexico, and Wyoming—the Mountain West’s top oil and gas-producing states—companies report thousands of spills each year,...

Trump Drilling Dashboard

Trump Drilling Dashboard

On July 4, 2025, the so-called “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” (OBBBA) was signed into law, effectively handing control of the vast majority of our national public lands over to oil and gas companies and greatly reducing the cost of drilling on public lands. These...

2023 Spills Tracker

2023 Spills Tracker

Note: Starting in 2024, Spills reports will be added to the website as a separate dashboard, as the data has changed and should not be compared to previous years. Overview Across the West, spills from oil and gas extraction take a toll on lands, waters, wildlife, and...

Biden Drilling Dashboard

Biden Drilling Dashboard

The Biden administration inherited a federal oil and gas program that was broken and rigged in favor of the oil and gas industry. It had been that way for decades, as documented repeatedly by the Government Accountability Office, Congressional Budget Office, and DOI’s...

2023 Spills Tracker

2021 Spills Tracker

The total number of oil and gas spills in each state was higher in 2021 compared to 2020. New Mexico operators reported a record number of drilling-related spills in 2021, as well as billions of cubic feet of wasted methane.

The oil industry’s forfeited public lands stockpile

The oil industry’s forfeited public lands stockpile

The oil and gas industry has spent recent months fear mongering about the Biden administration’s temporary pause on new federal oil and gas leases; however, new analysis finds that the industry has been forfeiting drilling leases and permits for years.