Friday, February 10th, 2012

Posts Tagged Arches

Judge rejects global-warming defense in Utah BLM auction-fraud case

By David O. Williams | 11.17.09 | 9:38 am

Tim DeChristopher, a University of Utah student who last December allegedly won 13 Bureau of Land Management oil and gas leases for $1.7 million he never intended to pay, came up with a unique defense in U.S. District in Salt…

Salazar bans drilling near Canyonlands, Arches national parks in Utah

By David O. Williams | 10.09.09 | 11:04 am

A last-minute Bush administration bid to allow oil and gas drilling on nearly 8,000 acres of public land near Arches and Canyonlands national parks in southeastern Utah was permanently blocked by Interior Secretary Ken Salazar Thursday, much to the relief…