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Shale we dance?
Bush admin's effort to spur oil shale production won't do much for consumers in short run |
Kate Sheppard |
22 Jul 2008 |
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| New regulations proposed by the Bush administration are aimed at tapping the country's huge reserves of oil shale, steps Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne said are intended to reduce America's dependence on foreign oil in the short term. But one man's short term might feel like eternity to consumers paying $4.50 a gallon, as it would be seven to eight years before production from oil shale projects actually hit the market, according to another top Interior of ... |
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| Topics: Department of Interior, gas prices, Muckraker, news, oil and gas drilling, oil shale, politics (all these topics) |
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