<![CDATA[Grist Feed: Oil Shale]]> http://www.grist.org/ Articles about Oil Shale from your friends at Grist en-us webmaster@grist.org (Grist) Mon, 30 Nov 2009 11:28:57 PDT Mon, 30 Nov 2009 11:28:57 PDT 2009, Grist Magazine, Inc. All rights reserved http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss <![CDATA[Salazar withdraws leases for oil shale development]]> http://www.grist.org/article/None-shale-pass/ Wed, 25 Feb 2009 18:20:11 -0800 Kate Sheppard http://www.grist.org/article/None-shale-pass/ Reprinted by permission from Grist. For more environmental news, humor, and inspiration, visit www.grist.org.




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]]> <![CDATA[EPA declares waste from oil-shale production ‘non-hazardous’]]> http://www.grist.org/article/hzrdgss/ Tue, 23 Dec 2008 08:23:00 -0800 Grist http://www.grist.org/article/hzrdgss/ Reprinted by permission from Grist. For more environmental news, humor, and inspiration, visit www.grist.org.

Waste products from oil-shale development are not hazardous and thus would not have to be treated as such, the U.S. EPA ruled this week, thereby lowering the costs of developing oil-shale deposits on public lands in the U.S. West.




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]]> <![CDATA[Western lands opened to oil-shale development]]> http://www.grist.org/article/shale/ Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:13:00 -0800 Grist http://www.grist.org/article/shale/ Reprinted by permission from Grist. For more environmental news, humor, and inspiration, visit www.grist.org.

The Bush administration on Monday cleared the way for tens of thousands of acres in Colorado, Utah, and Wyoming to be used for oil-shale development, publishing final rules governing how federal land will be leased for extraction of the expensive, pollute-y, only recently un-banned fuel source. Companies tapping into oil shale will have to pay far less in royalties than the going rate for conventional gas and oil. Still, commercial oil-shale leasing is at least five to 10 years off.




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]]> <![CDATA[House energy bill includes oil-shale provisions that alarm conservation groups]]> http://www.grist.org/article/this-too-shale-pass/ Wed, 17 Sep 2008 09:33:46 -0700 Kate Sheppard http://www.grist.org/article/this-too-shale-pass/ Reprinted by permission from Grist. For more environmental news, humor, and inspiration, visit www.grist.org.




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]]> <![CDATA[BLM finalizes plan for leasing oil shale in U.S. West]]> http://www.grist.org/article/shl/ Fri, 05 Sep 2008 05:40:00 -0700 Grist http://www.grist.org/article/shl/ Reprinted by permission from Grist. For more environmental news, humor, and inspiration, visit www.grist.org.

The U.S. Bureau of Land Management has finalized plans to open some 1.9 million acres of public lands in Colorado, Utah, and Wyoming to oil-shale development, a necessary step on the road to tapping the vast reserves. The technology for turning oil shale into usable crude oil is energy-intensive and heavily polluting, but the Bush administration has pushed to clear the way for exploiting U.S. oil-shale deposits in the name of energy independence; oil-shale deposits in the three states could hold up to 800 billion barrels of recoverable oil. However, the processes for developing oil-shale deposits are still largely in the experimental stage so the full extent of the process's impacts on air quality, water quality, and wildlife in the area are as yet poorly understood. Environmentalists and Democrats in the region criticized the BLM's plan as misguided and premature. "Finalizing an environmental impact statement without any clear understanding of the environmental, community, economic, and energy impacts of commercial-scale oil shale development is irresponsible, short-sighted, and premature," said Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter (D).




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]]> <![CDATA[Grist talks to Sen. George Voinovich about oil shale, energy, and climate legislation]]> http://www.grist.org/article/rnc-shale-mary/ Tue, 02 Sep 2008 18:20:43 -0700 Kate Sheppard http://www.grist.org/article/rnc-shale-mary/ Reprinted by permission from Grist. For more environmental news, humor, and inspiration, visit www.grist.org.




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