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thehill.com - 10/20/2009
Interior Dept. to investigate Bush administration's oil shale deals
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The Interior Department announced Tuesday it would open an investigation into whether the previous administration "set favorable conditions" to encourage oil-shale development in the Midwest. The forthcoming review arrives to the satisfaction of local watchdogs and environmental groups, who ...
shale decision under review
latimes.com - 10/16/2009
shale decision under review
— latimes.com — Oil-shale development Workers make repairs at a Shell site near Rifle, Colo., where the oil company has... been experimenting with extracting oil from shale. Congressional watchdogs, environmental groups and state officials in Colorado, where most of the ... (more) shale decision under review
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Interior Dept. to investigate Bush administration's oil shale deals
Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News — ... the American people have the promise of a fair return from their resources,” he added. According to Salazar, who first conveyed his concerns in a letter to his Inspector General on Monday, the Bush administration's late revisions are suspicious because they could have provided "lucrative benefits to the leaseholders to the exclusion of others." Also concerning, he wrote, is that the public never had an opportunity to comment on the changes before they were made official. Read more: http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/63905-...

Interior Dept. to investigate Bush administration's oil shale deals
Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News — ... lower royalty rates without first notifying the public. “Taxpayers deserve answers to serious questions about why these lease addenda were granted at the eleventh hour, under what circumstances, and at what potential expense to the federal treasury,” Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar explained in a statement Tuesday. “We must reform our nation’s oil shale program and ensure that the American people have the promise of a fair return from their resources,” he added. Read more: http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/63905-...

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