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EPA delays soot standard again, plans to act by August 2013

May 9, 2012

U.S. EPA is further delaying stricter standards for airborne soot that comes from power plants, auto tailpipes and smokestacks until August next year, angering advocacy groups that sued the agency to force it to act swiftly.

At issue is EPA's efforts to update 2006 national ambient air...

Interior Secretary Salazar signs off on Utah natural-gas project

May 9, 2012

Interior Secretary Ken Salazar on Tuesday signed — and hailed — Utah’s latest natural-gas drilling plan as an environmentally sensitive leap toward energy security.

Flanked by cooperative representatives from Anadarko Petroleum Corp. and the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance at a pipeline...

Utah counties file lawsuits against BLM over RS2477 roads

May 8, 2012

By this time next week, 22 of Utah's 29 counties will have filed lawsuits against the Interior Department and the Bureau of Land Management, seeking title to thousands of miles of contested roads that cross federally managed lands.

The state said in December that it would seek quiet title...

Colo. joins federal study of air quality near oil, gas development

May 8, 2012

From Texas to Colorado, there is growing evidence that oil and gas fields are leaking a wide range of chemicals — raising concern both in communities where drilling is taking place and in the industry.

There is, however, not sufficient data to know precisely what is coming out of the...

Public comments show deep divide on BLM oil shale plan

May 7, 2012

The Obama administration's plan to significantly reduce the lands available to oil shale development in the West will stifle billions of dollars in industry investments and delay a solution to U.S. dependence on foreign crude, according to industry and local officials.

But...

Colorado Roadless Rule gets mixed reviews

May 6, 2012

A plan to manage some of Colorado’s most prized national forest lands is being billed as a national model for how states and the federal government can work together even amid the rancorous political climate.

Reaction from the environmental community was less enthusiastic. While...

Uranium mine proposed for Wyoming's Red Desert

May 6, 2012

A company is proposing what would be the first in-situ uranium mine in southern Wyoming, a roughly 150-acre site where hundreds of wells would pump uranium solution from the ground in a remote corner of the Red Desert.

In-situ mining involves dissolving uranium out of sandstone deposits...

Studies present differing views on EPA fracking water study

May 6, 2012

Several months after the Environmental Protection Agency issued a draft report suggesting hydraulic fracturing contaminated groundwater near Pavillion, proponents and critics of the practice have each weighed in with their own expert studies of the EPA’s findings.

Not surprisingly, the...

Federal coal leases in Powder River Basin draw lawsuit

May 6, 2012

Citing worries over climate change, two environmental groups announced Thursday that they hope to derail government plans to sell leases on 2 billion tons of coal near a pair of major Wyoming mines.

The Sierra Club and Wild Earth Guardians say mining and burning coal from the federal...

Windfarm lawsuit in Oregon pits green v. green

May 6, 2012

In a green vs. green federal lawsuit, two environmental groups are challenging what they call an "industrial-scale" wind project on the north end of ruggedly beautiful Steens Mountain in southeastern Oregon.

Two groups have filed suit in U.S. District Court in Portland to stop plans for...

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