Yesterday marked the end of a nearly five year legal challenge to former Interior Secretary Ken Salazar’s withdrawal of 77 oil and gas leases from Utah Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) infamous December 2008 lease sale. The end came when the U.S. Supreme Court denied a petition for certiorari by...
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Hundreds Protest Oil and Gas Lease Sale in San Rafael Swell
If the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) didn’t realize the depth of public opposition to its proposed oil and gas lease sale in the San Rafael Swell, it does now. More than 200 people packed the plaza outside the BLM’s headquarters today, holding aloft a sea of signs and chanting...
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Guest Blog: The Race to Save the San Rafael Swell
I ran with almost all of my wife’s family, the eight of us ranging in age from 31-75. We all wore shirts proclaiming a message we thought would be self-evident to anyone running through the beauty of this sandstone paradise, “Don’t Drill the San Rafael.”
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“Don’t Drill the San Rafael” Rally on Monday, Sept 16
If you care about the San Rafael Swell, please attend this rally on Monday and make your voice heard!
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Tell the BLM: Think Before You Drill the San Rafael Swell!
The BLM recently announced its intention to sell 50 leases covering more than 79,000 acres of proposed wilderness in the San Rafael Swell. Please take a moment to tell the BLM NOT to drill in the Swell's proposed wilderness areas.
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