News Articles

(most recent listed first)

Salt Lake Tribune 2/22:  Salazar: oil shale development on the table

KJCT8.com 2/20:  Colorado rig count unchanged; US total drops by 39

Oil and Gas Journal 2/20:  North American rig counts continue to fall

KCPW 2/19:  Utah legislature fast-tracks resolution on contested BLM management plans, lease sales

Little Chicago Review 2/18:  Rawlins senator calls for review of cancelled leases

Salt Lake Tribune 2/16:  Canceled drilling leases cost Utah relatively little
 

Times Free Press.com (Chattanooga) 2/16:  Energy-dependent forever?

The New Nation (Bangladesh) 2/16:  Obama sorting Bush's environmental legacy

Craig Daily Press 2/14:  BLM plans to continue lease deferrals

Salt Lake Tribune 2/13:  Wharton:  Less Rhetoric, more reason on land issues

Environmental Leader 2/12:  Bumpy Start For Oil Industry, Administration

Salt Lake Tribune 2/11:  Obama:  Utah oil, gas lease sales needed scrutiny

Christian Science Monitor 2/11:  Obama stalls Bush drilling plans

The Colorado Independent 2/10:  SW Colorado oil and gas lease auction stripped down to 12000 acres

IstockAnalyst.com 2/10:  Agency Urges BLM to Remove Oil Leases

KCPW 2/10:  Interior Secretary's Hold on Oil and Gas Leases Costs Utah $3.5 million

AFP 2/10:  US Interior Secretary breaks with 'drill-only' energy policy

Washington Post 2/10:  Plan for Oil, Gas Exploration to Be Revamped

Examiner.com 2/10:  Energy Examiner:  The boom-bust cycles of energy-rich western Colorado

Denver Post 2/9:  Feds pare Colo. gas-lease sale

MSNBC 2/9:  67,000 acres pulled from Colorado oil, gas auction

Salt Lake Tribune 2/9:  Salazar decision a blow to Utah's economy, energy security

Washington Times 2/8:  Salazar gains plaudits from environmentalists

GJ Daily Sentinel 2/7:  BLM tries to prevent more phony bids for energy leases

Toledo Blade 2/7:  Hold the drilling rigs

New Republic 2/6:  Utah Drilling Stopped. But For How Long?

Hudson Valley Press 2/6:  Oil & Gas Lease Sales on Public Land

Detroit Free Press 2/6:  Canceling drilling leases is a good start
 

ABC News 2/6:  Ken Salazar:  A new era of land management

Reuters 2/6:  U.S. lawmakers seek delay in oil/gas leases

Salt lake Tribune 2/6:  Hunters take aim at BLM sale

Financial Times (UK) 2/6:  US oil and gas leases withdrawn

Daily Herald 2/6:   Utah's U.S. Attorney has many cases on his plate

Salt Lake Tribune 2/5:  Lawsuit on federal gas and oil leases is left in limbo

AFP 2/5:  US green groups hail reversal of Bush-era land lease

New York Times 2/5:  Ken Salazar’s New Deal
 

Investors.com 2/5:  War on Fossil Fuels

GJ Daily Sentinel 2/5:  Salazar signals a change

Sydney Morning Herald (Australia) 2/5:  US environmentalists hail halt of land lease for gas drilling

Salt Lake Tribune 2/5:  Rural Utah lawmaker angered over block on drilling

Salt Lake Tribune Editorial 2/4:  Undoing damage:  Salazar right to cancel lease sale

Red, Green and Blue 2/4:  Interior department cancels leases for oil & gas exploration near Utah national parks

Houston Chronicle 2/4:  Salazar scraps sale of oil-and-gas leases in Utah

Washington Post 2/4:  Interior Secretary cancels leases on federal lands in Utah

Salt Lake Tribune 2/4:  Scrapped Utah drilling-lease sale thrills Redford, monkey-wrencher

Deseret News 2/4:  Interior Secretary cancels energy lease sale

ksl.com 2/4:  BLM cancels 77 oil and gas leases in Utah

Reuters.UK 2/4: US Govt cancels leasing lands in Utah drilling

Salt Lake Tribune 2/3:  Retooled suit targets Utah land use plans

Boston.com 2/1:  US Parks facing steep climb  (featuring Arches NP Superintendent Kate Cannon)

Deseret News 1/28:  Interior chief may overturn oil leases

Examiner.com 1/25:  National Parks commercialization to be reconsidered

Los Angeles Times 1/25:  Bush legacy leaves uphill climb for U.S. parks, critics say (and see link to an Arches Audio Slideshow)

Living on Earth, Week of 1/23:  Federal court halts drilling near parks

Daily Herald 1/22:  Local green group:  Cities need offices of sustainability

Salt Lake Tribune 1/22:  Judge gives sides more time in disputed lease sale

Huffington Post 1/22:  Robert Redford:  Utah lands win a reprieve at the dawn of a cleaner, greener future

Los Angeles Times 1/22:  Obama blocks some of Bush's last-minute environmental decisions

Your Oil and Gas Review 1/22:  US judge suspends sale of land slated for oil drilling

Local News 8 (Idaho Falls, ID) 1/21:  Feds have until Friday to salvage oil auction

Salt Lake Tribune 1/21:  Judge blocks disputed BLM Utah oil, gas leases

Forbes.com 1/21:  Feds have until Friday to salvage Utah oil auction

Reuters 1/20:  US Court Temporarily Blocks Utah energy leases

Oil and Gas Journal 1/20:  Federal judge blocks oil and gas leases in Utah

Environmental News Service 1/19:  Court halts oil and gas leasing in Utah Wilderness

Los Angeles Times 1/19: Court stops Utah oil and gas leases

Guardian.co.uk 1/19: US Judge suspends sale of land slated for oil drilling

Deseret News 1/19:  Judge suspends BLM lease sale

Sun Sentinel.com 1/19:  Activist's gambit may protect lands

Market Watch 1/18:  Federal judge haults redrock leases

New York Times 1/18:  11th-Hour Court Order Blocks Oil and Gas Leases in Utah

Salt Lake Tribune 1/17:  Judge orders delay in sale of redrock leases

Huffington Post 1/17:  Breaking News:  Utah Leases Blocked!

Forbes.com 1/15:  Groups sue BLM over oil and gas leases

Salt Lake Tribune 1/15:  Protesters label Redford an enemy of the poor

Columbia Daily Tribune 12/30:  Agency Auctions Off Moral High Ground

Deseret News 12/27:  Oil Drilling possible in wilderness study areas

Salt Lake Tribune Editorial 12/26:  Sold to the Ingenious College Kid with the Paddle

Deseret News 12/26:  Groups Soliciting Funds to Buy BLM Leases

Associated Press 12/24:  Supporters Trying to raise money for drilling bids

Salt Lake Tribune 12/23:  Bogus BLM Bidder:  Cites ethics in scheme to derail drilling

Seattle Post Intelligencer 12/23:  Direct Action Gets the Goods (Amy Goodman)

KSL News 12/23:  Bidder says it was easy to rig government auction (video)

ProPublica 12/23:  Congress to Obama:  Undo Bush's Natural Gas Record

Forbes.com 12/23:  Bidder says it was easy to rig government auction

Democracy Now! 12/22:  Posing as Bidder, Utah Student Disrupts Government Auction of 150,000 acres of wilderness for oil & gas drilling

Grand Junction Free Press 12/22:  Bidder dupes BLM Auction for oil, gas leases

Scientific American 12/22:  How the West's energy boom could threaten drinking water for 1 in 12 Americans

High Country News 12/22:  (Un)clearing the Air: Westerners with breathe the legacy of Bush's BLM

Deseret News 12/21:  Activist defends his lease tactics

Deseret News 12/20:  Protesters can't stop sale of 116 parcels

LA Times 12/20:  Utah oil drilling leases go fast -- fishily fast in some cases, authorities say

Deseret News 12/20:  Activist disrupts BLM Auction by running up bids

YouTube Video 12/19:  Terry Shepherd of Red Rock Forests at the BLM Protest in SLC

YouTube Video 12/19:  Josie Kovash of Red Rock Forests at the BLM Protest in SLC

YouTube Video 12/19:  View the BLM Protest in SLC

YouTube Video 12/19:  Lease Auction in Progress (with Bidder #70 in action)

YouTube VIdeo 12/19:  Lease Auction in Progress

KSL (NBC) 12/19:  Environmentalist causes problem at BLM auction

KUTV (CBS) 12/19:  Fake Bidder could face federal charges

KUTV (CBS) 12/19:  Controversial Sale disrupted by potentially fake bidder

AP 12/19:  BLM Calls off controversial drilling auction
 

AP 12/19:  Oil and Gas Leases in Utah up for auction

LA Times 12/18:  Environmentalists file 11th hour lawsuit to block proposed lease sales in Utah

CNN.com 12/17:  Lawsuit seeks to halt gas and oil drilling in Utah

Fresno Bee 12/17:  Lawsuit seeks to block leases near Utah national parks

Huffington Post 12/17:  Stand Up Against Bush's Giveaway of America's Red Rock Wilderness (Robert Redford)

Salt Lake Tribune 12/17:  Redford part of move to block oil, gas sales with lawsuits

Deseret News 12/17:  BLM Oil and Gas Lease Sale 'Criminal' Redford Says

AOL Video of CBS News Report (featuring Robert Redford & NRDC) on Oil Drilling in Utah

New York Times 12/13:  Op-Ed Guest Column (Timothy Egan) - Final Days Fire Sale

Deseret News 12/13:  BLM releases list of deferrals on oil, gas lease

Salt Lake Tribune 12/13:  BLM backtracks on more drilling leases

Deseret News 12/12:  Activists to Show Opposition to Lease Sale

Salt Lake Tribune 12/11:  Fish fears put more drilling leases under fire

AP Story 12/8:  Groups Press BLM for Nine Mile Canyon Protections

LA Times Op Ed 12/7:   Oil Lays Waste to the West (Terry Tempest Williams)

Deseret News 12/5:  BLM Gets an earful on oil, gas lease sale

International Herald Tribune 12/5:  Groups Protest Drilling-Lease auction in US

Salt Lake Tribune 12/3:  Nine Mile Canyon:  BLM Pulls Back on Drilling Plans

Wyoming Business Report 12/2:  BLM: Parcels near parks, Flaming Gorge off the table

New York Times GreenInc Blog 12/2:  BLM Backpedals on Oil and Gas Leases in Utah

New West Blog 11/30:  Utah Bureau of Land Management Going Forward With Drilling Permit Sale

rushprnews.com 11/28:  Bureau of Land Management Makes a Turkey of  a Deal in Utah

Washington Post 11/28:  U.S. Moves Ahead on Oil, Gas Leases on Public Land

Moab Times Independent 11/27:  BLM Defers Sale of Oil and Gas Leases Near Arches, Canyonlands

Moab Times Independent 11/27:  Moab City to Protest Proposed BLM Oil and Gas Lease Sales

RRF Press Statement 11/26:  Statement from Red Rock Forests on Status of BLM Oil and Gas Leasing Process in Utah and BLM/Park Service Negotiations

Local News 8: Associated Press 11/25:  Park Service asking BLM to back off on drilling

Salt Tribune Tribune 11/26:  BLM backs off plan to issue drilling permits in Utah's redrock country

Desert News 11/26:  BLM pulls lands near parks from sale

LA Times 11/26: Agency backs off from land auctions
 

News Blaze 11/26:  BLM/Park Service Agreement Does Not Solve Problems Posed by Utah Oil & Gas Lease

Salt Lake Tribune Editorial 11/24:  Utah Parks May Yet Escape Drilling

Rachel Moody Show:  Robert Redford Speaks Out

SF Gate Editorial 11/21:  Thin Green Line

American Motorcycle Association News and Notes 11-21-08

North Carolina News & Observer editorial 11-21-08:  While They Can-Why the Urgency to Weaken U.S. Environmental Safeguards?  Because for President Bush's Crew Time is Winding Downs

Moab Times Independent 11/20:  BLM To Defer Spanish Valley Oil, Gas Lease

Salt Lake Tribune 11/19:  BLM Pulls Oil-Gas Lease from Moab Gold Course Property

Salt Lake Tribune 11/16:   Backyard Drilling (Public Forum Letter by Moab Resident)
 

Huffington Post 11/16:  Environmentalists Slam Bush's Parting Proposal as "Fire Sale" for Oil and Gas Industry
 

Salt Lake Tribune 11/14:  Moab Mayor Plans to Protest  BLM's Planned Lease Sale

Washington Post 11/13:  Drilling in Utah:  One Last Gift to the Oil and Gas Industry

Moab Times Independent 11/13:  BLM Proposes Lease Sales Near Arches

Salt Lake Tribune 11/11: BLM Plan to Drill for Oil Shocks Residents

Wall Street Journal 11/11:  New Administration Would Risk Backlash With Gas-Drilling Reversal

Environmental News Service 11/10:  Obama Plans to Overturn Bush Executive Orders

Salt Lake Tribune Editorial 11/10: Obama Looks to Undo Bush Damage

Greenwire 11/10:  OIL & GAS:  Obama to Roll Back Bush Drilling Decisions, Adviser Says

BBC News:  Obama 'to reverse Bush decisions'
 

New York Times 11/10:  Obama Weighs Quick Undoing of Bush Policy

USA Today 11/9:  Obama's Aides Outline Priorities

Salt Lake Tribune 11/9:  Lease Sale Riles Park Service

Salt Lake Tribune 11/8:  BLM, Park Service At Odds Over Drilling Near Utah Parks

New York Times 11/8:  U.S. to Open Public Land Near Parks for Drilling

Northwest Progressive Institute Advocate 11/7: Parting Gifts

Salt Lake Tribune Editorial 11/6:  Bush Legacy-Last Minute Rules Hurt Environment