What's Happening in Natural Resources

Important Legislation Calls for End to Double Subsidies for Hardrock Mining Operations

Taxpayers for Common Sense applauds Senators Feingold (D-WI), Cantwell (D-WA), and Feinstein (D- CA) for introducing the Elimination of...

TCS Letter to the Senate on Hardrock Mining Laws

               June 23, 2009 Dear Senator, For more than 137 years the law...

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...

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...

Official TCS Comments on Oil Shale Management - Proposed Rule

Thank you for the opportunity to comment on the proposed rule for Oil Shale Management. Taxpayers for Common Sense (TCS) is a...

Sex, Drugs, 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....

Testimony before Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee on Reform of 1872 Mining Law

Good morning Chairman Bingaman, Ranking Member Domenici, members of the Committee. Thank you for the opportunity to testify before you...

Support H.R. 2262 and Reform of General Mining Law of 1872

End a 135 Year Old Taxpayer Giveaway Support the Reform of the General Mining Law of 1872 Vote “YES” on H.R. 2262 Dear...

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...

Syria: Excuse 535 To Not Cut the Deficit

Volume XVIII No. 37 Possible action in Syria has become the most recent excuse du jour for Pentagon boosters...