Protests Against BLM Lease Auction in Utah


	Protests Against BLM Lease Auction in Utah

spirithiker

12-7-2008 10:28 AM

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blm, big oil, oil leases, public lands, national parks

spirithiker says:

The Bureau of Land Management is not 'managing' this land very well if they can see fit to allow the collective destructive force that comes with oil and gas exploration into this beautiful landscape.

Americans have been screaming for alternative energy loud enough and long enough that the continued destruction of nature for the profit of the oil industry is becoming criminal.

Big Oil and politicians are ignoring public protests. Why are we powerless to do anything to stop this wanton destruction when they are supposed to be working 'for' us?

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