Tag: oil leasing
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DeChristopher probably going to prison
Fake bidder for oil and gas leases to stop last Administration’s leasing near Utah national parks loses his bid to rest his trial on global warming- It looks like Tim DeChristopher will pay heavily for his civil disobedience. Republican prosecutors were not amused, and the judge will not allow a defense based on necessity to…
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Oil lays waste to the West
An opinion in the LA Times by Terry Tempest Williams- Oil lays waste to the West. The greed, speed and scale of development in wild lands is an open wound on America. By Terry Tempest Williams. Opinion. Los Angeles Times. December 7, 2008. – – – – – My comment. The lease sale set for…
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Big Oil told "use it or lose it" by House Natural Resources Committe chair
The oil companies and the President and McCain talk about the need for more leasing of your public lands to big oil, but big oil is appearently sitting on the leases it has. Democrats Say Oil Companies Should Lose Leases They Don’t Use. By Susan Decker. Bloomberg. Related. Drilling ban is a myth, figures show.…
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Oil and gas leases on Montana's Rocky Mountain Front pulled from auction
Oil and gas leases on Montana’s Rocky Mountain Front pulled from auction. AP A tremendous effort has been made by conservationists, the state, even oil companies to keep drilling off of Montana’s Rocky Mountain Front. So it only makes sense for the Montana Lands Department not to auction the small acreage of state land, especially because it…