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Sportsmen Release Responsible Oil and Gas Recommendations

Sportsmen for Responsible Energy Development released its Recommendations for Responsible Oil and Gas Development Monday July 21st.

The recommendations are based on a May 2008 symposium which featured expert land managers, scientists, and planners who met in Wyoming to develop a framework for implementing responsible energy development across the West. This report is the product of that unprecedented event and outlines sportsmen’s recommendations for oil and gas development that provide for our energy needs without sacrificing our Western heritage.

Read the Recommendations Here

Why We Can't Drill Our Way to Lower Fuel Prices

The oil and gas industry and its supporters would like us all to believe that opening more public lands to more drilling with fewer environmental protections will lower gasoline prices. In reality, we cannot drill our way to lower fuel prices.

With all the loose talk out there, we want to arm you with the information to counter these arguments. We've put together some of the arguments we've heard from those who support opening up more public lands to oil and gas drilling. Look through them and select the ones you've heard or want to know more about, we'll email you back the facts on why they just aren't true. Then you can share the facts with your friends and neighbors.

Look through the arguments here...