there's oil under them forests...good bye wilderness

August 8, 2003

Bush Administration Seeks to Increase Drilling In Rockies

Federal land managers throughout the Rocky Mountain region must look

for ways to remove or relax environmental restrictions on oil and gas

drilling on federal lands, according to a Bush administration mandate

issued yesterday. In the mandate, the Bureau of Land Management

calls on its regional officials to accelerate energy projects; review

environmental rules with an eye toward streamlining them; stick to

bare-bones environmental restoration efforts; and maintain close

communications with extractive industries. It marks the latest and

most decisive step in the administration's effort to promote drilling

in the Rockies, and stems from a January report finding that 25

percent of oil and gas reserves in five western basins was partially

off-limits to drilling (compared to 63 percent that is entirely

available and 12 percent that is entirely off-limits). The current

drilling push is an effort to free up as much of the partially

restricted oil and gas as possible.

straight to the source: Denver Post, Mike Soraghan, 08 Aug 2003

from the Grist archives: Methane to their madness -- coal bed

methane extraction threatens Wyoming's Red Desert -- in The Main Dish

August 9, 2003

check out the latest Mark Fiore cartoon about Privitization. It's dated

08/06 or 08/07. It takes a while to load, but it's well worth it.

Danielle

Sure there's a light at the end of the tunnel...I just hope it isn't an

oncoming train!

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there's oil under them forests...good bye wilderness

Fri, 8 Aug 2003 21:10:00 EDT