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Let’s Go Slow on Oil Shale

 |  Jun 15, 2009

Underneath a 1,300 square mile area along the T-shaped border of Colorado, Utah and Wyoming lies more estimated oil–in the form of oil shale–than all the oil in of Saudi … Read more

In the West it’s Cookin and It Ain’t Good Lookin

 |  May 27, 2009

In Western states, land is literally being cooked to extract oil. Long avoided due to its intense water and energy demands, industries are starting to look at oil shale development … Read more

Congress Passes Historic Plan to Protect America’s Public Lands

 |  Apr 3, 2009

Congress has passed the Omnibus Public Lands Bill that will designate more than 2 million acres of wilderness in nine states and establish three new national park units, a new … Read more

Finally! A Victory for Public Lands!

 |  Jan 23, 2009

We’ve waited a long time for a significant victory for our public lands… Over the last five years, it’s been one thing after another threatening to take the character and … Read more

Video: What’s Happening To Our Public Lands

 |  Oct 15, 2008

We can read report after report on how dirty energy development threatens wildlife across the West–but sometimes it helps to see it for ourselves. That’s why I want to encourage … Read more

Why Developing Oil Shale Gets Us Nowhere

 |  Sep 24, 2008

New Proposed Fuel Source Increases Threat to Wildlife, Public Lands and Water Drilling for oil and natural gas, and mining for coal, has already taken a dramatic toll on our … Read more

For People and Wildlife, There’s Only One Answer to Secure Our Energy Future

 |  Sep 14, 2008

In the coming days, Congress begins voting on a new set of energy bills that if passed will be detrimental for wildlife and the natural resources we all depend on. … Read more

Enough Already With All the Fossil Foolery

 |  Jul 17, 2008

New Offshore Drilling Won’t Dig Us Out of the Hole So, big oil and friends are at it again: doing what they can to keep us hooked on fossil fuels … Read more

Bush Admin Gives Big Oil “Blank Check to Harass the Polar Bear”

 |  Jun 16, 2008

From the Associated Press: Less than a month after declaring polar bears a threatened species because of global warming, the Bush administration is giving oil companies permission to annoy and … Read more

House Energy Vote Approaches

 |  Jul 31, 2007

A few weeks ago, the U.S. Senate passed their version of an Energy Bill, drawing up a blueprint for America’s energy use in the coming year. Now the House of … Read more