In a few days, Representative Maurice Hinchey (D-NY) and Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) will reintroduce America's Red Rock Wilderness Act in the 112th Congress.
Read MoreTell BLM “NO” Oil Shale & Tar Sands Development
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) recently held a series of public hearings in Utah regarding whether it should open 2 million acres of land in CO, WY, and UT for oil shale leasing and development and an additional 430,000 acres for tar sands. It is now accepting public comment...
Read MoreUtah Wilderness News, May 3, 2011
“Attorney General Mark Shurtleff is happy to make Utah the first energy-rich state to object to Interior Secretary Ken Salazar’s move to return the Bureau of Land Management to its original mission of identifying public lands that deserve to be protected."
Read MoreTake action to protect America’s redrock wilderness! – Redrock Report April 2011
Here's what is happening this month with the redrock: 1. Ask your congressional delegation to cosponsor America's Red Rock Wilderness Act! 2. Say NO to sacrificing Utah wilderness to oil shale and tar sands. 3. Budget deal puts a funding limitation on the "Wild Lands" policy. 4. Agreement protects proposed...
Read MoreTestimony of Karen Shepherd, Former Member of Congress, on the Oil Shale Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement
Since I grew up in southern and eastern Utah, I have a very special feeling for the lands that oil shale and tar sands development in Utah would disturb.
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