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cbsnews.com - 11/17/2008

Bush's "Fire Sale" For Oil, Gas Industries, Administration Will Lease 50,000 Acres Near National Parks For Drilling

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(AP) The view of Delicate Arch natural bridge - an unspoiled landmark so iconic it's on Utah's license plates - could one day include a drilling platform under a proposal that environmentalists call a Bush administration "fire sale" for the oil and gas industry. Late on Election Day, the U.S. ...

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ThinkFast: November 17, 2008
Think Progress — ... On Election Day, the U.S. Bureau of Land Management announced a Dec. 19 auction of more than 50,000 acres of oil and gas parcels alongside or within view of three national parks in Utah. Environmentalists are calling the move a Bush administration “fire sale” for the oil and gas industry while the National Park Service’s top official in the state said it was “shocking and disturbing.” ...

must they use the phrase "fire sale?"
skippy the bush kangaroo — ... on election day, the u.s. bureau of land management announced a dec. 19 auction of more than 50,000 acres of oil and gas parcels alongside or within view of three national parks in utah. environmentalists are calling the move a bush administration “fire sale” for the oil and gas industry while the national park service’s top official in the state said it was “shocking and disturbing.” - ...