2025 Spills Across the WestOil and gas companies in Colorado, Wyoming, and New Mexico are required to report spills and leaks to state regulators, regardless of whether the incident occurs on private, state, federal, or Tribal land. The Center for Western Priorities...
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.
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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.
This dashboard provides an at-a-glance look at federal onshore oil and gas activity under the Biden administration, including statistics from past and upcoming lease sales. This dashboard will be regularly updated.
An at-a-glance look at onshore oil and gas leasing and permitting under the Biden administration.