Water Protection

" Jack Stanford white paper, "Coalbed Methane in Montana: Problems and Solutions"

At the request of industry, Interior Secretary Gale Norton has convened a Task Force that is examining proposals to change federal financial assurance rules.

• WORC fact sheet (pdf-17k) - The Need for Stronger Federal Oil and Gas Bonding Requirements
• WORC's comments to the Bonding Task Force
• 50 Groups criticize the Bonding Task Force for failing to meet with public interest groups
• WORC's press release on the Bonding Task Force's one-sided, industry-biased process