Thousands of gallons of oil are gone from the East River, but no one knows how much is left—or where it’s leaking from.

Despite efforts to mitigate the issue, two additional oil seeps were discovered in January 2025 along a bedrock outcropping ...

“They’re affecting the geology of the ground, the surface,” Ty Edwards, a Pecos County, Texas, resident who helps manage ...

That’s why, since 2015, the Center has campaigned to keep it in the ground — to stop the expansion of oil, gas, and coal development on public lands and oceans by halting new leasing and permitting.

“The company brought a badge that was extorting oil from the ground. “The crane was dragging something from the well to bring it out. What we saw was a spark, that’s how the fire came abou ...