Confused about some of the statements coming out of the BLM about its recent approval of the Gasco natural gas project? So were we.
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BLM’s Bad Decisions Continue to Chip Away at Remoteness
Although the Utah BLM can’t seem to say no to a bad idea, it is getting better at bullet-proofing (read: appeal-proofing) its environmental analyses in order to squeak by the legal requirements imposed by the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA).
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BLM Refuses to Spare the ROD, Gives OK to Spoil Desolation Canyon
The Obama Administration, in a disappointing move, approved the Gasco project in Utah’s Desolation Canyon wilderness. By signing the Gasco Record of Decision (ROD), BLM has placed the interests of small-time speculators above that of the public and one of Utah’s largest primitive and roadless landscapes.
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Help us stop two disastrous bills this week!
It’s National Terrible Idea Week in Congress, where two destructive packages are hitting the House floor days apart, threatening our public lands and even our Constitutional rights in an "Oil Above All" frenzy of handouts to developers and the oil and gas industry.
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ENVIRONMENTAL LEADERS CONDEMN INTERIOR’S APPROVAL OF NEW DRILLING WELLS IN DESOLATION CANYON REGION; THEY WARN OF DISASTER
SALT LAKE CITY (June 18, 2012) --- A coalition of environmental leaders today condemned the Interior Department’s decision to allow nearly 1,300 new oil and gas wells in Utah’s Desolation Canyon region.
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