In late 2012, the BLM released a draft amendment to the existing management plan that would dramatically increase the scope and intensity of oil and gas development in the region.
“Senator Murkowski’s energy plan is a lesson in ignoring inconvenient truths. It flat out ignores any harmful effect of global climate change. It ignores the vast swaths of unused acreage that the oil and gas industry has already leased.
Wilderness Society challenges Gasco oil and gas plan for Utah's Desolation Canyon
Tuesday, January 22, 2013
Utah's Desolation Canyon region is one of the most rugged stretches of the American West, but its wildness is jeopardized by plans for oil and gas drilling.
“Clearly, sea ice is a problem even now, during summer,” said Lois Epstein, an Alaska-licensed engineer and The Wilderness Society’s Arctic Program Director. “Chukchi Sea oil likely will be among the most expensive oil in the world to produce and transport to market
