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Emails Show How Interior Dept Delivered New Drilling Permits for Burgum's Billionaire Ally

Oil and gas giant Continental Resources wanted the Bureau of Land Management to sign off on new wells in Wyoming, despite a court injunction there. The…

Published on Public Domain • May 7

March 2026

An Endangerment Whodunnit

Set partly in a suburban Texas strip mall.

Mar 10 • Josh Voorhees

February 2026

Trump is wiping out all climate regulation. Big Oil may regret it.

For decades, oil majors fought climate regulation. Now, they’re afraid Trump’s extreme rollbacks could leave them on the hook to pay for what they’ve…

Published on HEATED • Feb 11

December 2025

Energy Transfer Has a Make-Believe 'Friend'

A new investigation reveals the pipeline giant is using an astroturf group run by a powerful DC shadow lobbying firm in a bid to block Greenpeace's…

Dec 18, 2025 • Fieldnotes

October 2025

Big Soda Wants to Turn MAGA Against MAHA. Here’s How the Oil & Gas Industry Fits In.

A Fieldnotes investigation reveals the companies behind the effort are relying on for-hire pollsters, strategists, and political money men with deep…

Oct 20, 2025 • Fieldnotes

July 2025

‘The New Wild West:’ Inside the Oil & Gas Industry’s Plan to Profit from Carbon Capture in Ohio

Step one: A behind-the-scenes lobbying blitz that included writing legislation, handpicking lawmakers to introduce it, and lining up witnesses to…

Jul 22, 2025 • Fieldnotes

April 2025

The Oil Industry’s Inside Woman Hid Public Records at Trump’s Interior

Kate MacGregor is in line to return to a top job at the department. Public records indicate she concealed information regarding Harold Hamm and other…

Apr 2, 2025 • Fieldnotes

December 2024

Big Oil’s Plan for GOP Control

Internal documents from AXPC, a powerful fossil fuel trade group, lay out its strategy for demolishing climate policy and boosting oil & gas production…

Dec 3, 2024 • Fieldnotes

November 2024

Paid TikTok Influencers, a Dennis Quaid “Documentary,” and Other Ways the Plastic Industry Tries to Mislead You

A trove of internal industry documents offers an in-depth look inside a multiyear covert campaign to convince Americans single-use plastic bottles are…

Nov 27, 2024 • Fieldnotes

October 2024

Here's the oil & gas industry's game plan if Republicans win big in November

New internal documents obtained by Fieldnotes reveal specific regulations the industry plans to gut if their allies control Washington next year.

Oct 18, 2024 • Fieldnotes