Colorado: BLM to scale back oil shale leasing
Posted on February 5, 2012 by Bob Berwyn
Under a court settlement, the agency will revisit oil shale and tar sands plans across the West
By Summit Voice
SUMMIT COUNTY — Potential oil shale development in Colorado could be scaled back for the foreseeble future, as the Bureau of Land Management last week proposed cutting the acreage available for oil shale development by up to 90 percent. Read an executive summary of the draft EIS posted online at the Summit Voice Scribd feed.
The proposed changes came as part of a review of Bush-era policies that were rejected by most western Colorado residents and communities, and challenged in court by environmental groups. Ultimately, the BLM settled the legal challenge by agreeing to revisit the leasing program. More...Read why .....
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