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 Stories About: North America AND wilderness
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Huge Tracts of Land
Bush Administration Accelerates Oil and Gas Leasing in Rockies |
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01 Mar 2004 |
Daily Grist |
| Huge Tracts of Land Bush Administration Accelerates Oil and Gas Leasing in Rockies The Bush administration, as part of its broader effort to accelerate oil and gas development on the Rocky Mountain front, is moving ahead with plans to lease large tracts of environmentally sensitive land in Utah and southwestern Wyoming. This has prompted protests from varied quarters, including a letter to Interior ... |
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| Topics: mining and drilling, North America, politics, wilderness (all these topics) |
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Shays Rebellion
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10 Mar 2003 |
Daily Grist |
| Shays Rebellion In the Cool Bills That Will Never Fly Department, a bipartisan duo last week introduced legislation in the House that would designate as wilderness all roadless federal lands in Idaho, Montana, eastern Oregon, eastern Washington, and western Wyoming -- a total of 26 million acres. The Northern Rockies Ecosystem Protection Act, championed by Reps. Christopher Shays (R-Conn.) and Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.), has more th ... |
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| Topics: North America, wilderness (all these topics) |
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