What's Happening in Natural Resources

TCS Letter to Congress on Salmon Solutions and Planning Act

This week TCS released a letter to Congress supporting the Salmon Solutions and Planning Act. The legislation was introduced by...

TCS Letter to the Senate on Hardrock Mining Laws

                 June 23, 2009 Dear Senator, For more than 137...

GAO and Land Swaps

The GAO has just released a lengthy report on the questionable land exchange process.  TCS has frequently pointed out how the process is...

TCS Supports Reform of 1872 Mining Law

Congressman Rahall has introduced legislation, H.R. 699 to reform the law that governs the mining of gold, silver, copper, uranium and...

New Report Raises Concerns with Royalty-In-Kind Program

A report released today by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) concludes that the Minerals Management Service (MMS) is at risk of...

Sex, Drugs, and and Mismanagement at the Department of the Interior

Government officials responsible for the collection of billions of dollars of oil royalties to the federal treasury accepted gifts from...

Roadless Rule Struck Down Again

The so-called roadless rule, promulgated in the final days of the Clinton Administration, has once again been struck down by U.S....

Hardrock Mining Royalty – Fair to Taxpayers, Fair to Industry

Fair Compensation for Taxpayers For more than eight decades the coal, oil, and natural gas industries have all paid royalties for the...

Hardrock Mines on Federal Lands Provide No Return to Taxpayers

Overview Under the General Mining Law of 1872, mining companies pay no royalties to the federal government for hardrock minerals...

Land Swap for Cash Puts Rep. Rick Renzi in the Hot Seat

Rep. Rick Renzi (R-AZ) was indicted in federal court on Feb. 22, 2008, on 35 counts including official extortion and money laundering....

Engineering Boondoggles

While Washington is wringing its hands about the automatic across-the-board budget cuts known as...