Politics Up Close: Debate on New Oil & Gas Leasing Regulations

01.08.2010 by Jeff Robinson

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Courtesy Utah Division of Oil, Gas & Mining

(KCPW News) Environmentalists are lauding Interior Secretary Ken Salazar’s new guidelines for oil and gas leasing on public lands, an issue that hits home in Utah after the secretary controversially pulled dozens of leases from an auction in late 2008.  But energy developers say they’ll lead to unnecessary delays.  We get positive & negative reaction to his new guidelines from Steve Bloch, Conservation Director for the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance, and Kathleen Sgamma, Government Affairs Director for the Independent Petroleum Association of Mountain States.

 

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  1. January 14, 2010 | Official web site of IPAMS: Independent Association of Mountain States January 14th, 2010 at 4:03 pm

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