Tough Tasks for Salazar at Interior
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A high priority, we hope, will be a reversal of rules governing oil shale deposits on nearly 2 million acres of public lands in Colorado, Utah and Wyoming.
As a senator, he said the Bush administration rules set royalty rates that amounted to a "pittance." During a meeting Thursday with The Post's editorial board, he spoke generally about the wisdom of moving in a "thoughtful and deliberate way" on oil shale.
We realize the secretary has been on the job only 10 days at this point, but we hope he eventually advocates a reversal of the rules. The issue is more properly addressed when there is viable commercial oil shale exploration.
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Sam Goldman
Sam has been with The Wilderness Society since Fall 2007. He came most recently from M+R Strategic Services in Washington, DC where he worked with national environmental groups to improve their online campaign work and field organizing capacity. Before that, Sam was the Assistant National Field Director for U.S. PIRG where he covered a variety of issues including the fight to protect the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
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