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House votes to slow oil shale development
The U.S. House voted today to slow down oil shale development.
The amendment sought by Reps. John Salazar and Mark Udall, whose 3rd and 2nd congressional districts, respectively, encompass the Western Slope, would bar the Bureau of Land Management from issuing any final regulations for commercial-scale leasing of oil shale and from offering any commercial oil shale leases during fiscal year 2008.
The ban is included in the Interior appropriation bill.
Current law requires BLM to issue regulations, and to move quickly to a full-scale commercial leasing program.
— Sentinel staff
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