tar sands

Final Plan for Oil Shale and Tar Sands Development Announced

Andrea Smardon — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 23:31:06 +0000

US Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar has announced a plan to encourage oil shale and tar sands development in the Mountain West. The Bureau of Land Management released its final plan Friday to develop and test technologies to extract these fossil fuels in Utah, Colorado, and Wyoming. But the citizen group Utah Tar Sands Resistance says this move will endanger the environment and public health.

KUER News Pod: Tuesday November 20, 2012

Brian Grimmett — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 18:29:30 +0000

Governor Herbert sends a letter to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the “Tar Sands Monster” pays a visit to downtown Salt Lake City, and the Utah State Board of Regents OK’s a policy change that could increase college tuition for those who drag their feet.

Protesters Challenge Tar Sands Decision

Dan Bammes — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 22:21:55 +0000

About two dozen demonstrators gathered outside the Bureau of Land Management Office at the Gateway to offer their own "People's Environmental Impact Statement" on tar sands. They object to a decision by the federal government to make more than 130,000 acres available for tar sands development in Utah. Right now, the only active tar sands project in Utah is the proposed U.S.