U.S. to Suspend Review of Gas Drilling in Montana
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The U.S. government will announce on  Tuesday that it is suspending indefinitely a key environmental  review on drilling for natural gas in a scenic area in Montana,  which will halt drilling at least temporarily, the Bureau of  Land Management said on Monday.
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WASHINGTON -- BP PLC plans to ask federal regulators this week to resume operation of a segment of its pipeline so further tests can be made in hopes of restoring full production on Alaska's North Slope, a company executive told a Senate hearing Tuesday.
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Exxon Mobil Corp.  said Tuesday it had not yet decided whether it will appeal a decision by Alaska's natural resources commissioner that could wrest control of a Alaska North Slope oilfield from the company.
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By Joe Baird, The Salt Lake Tribune  Dec. 12--Environmentalists and outfitters are asking the Bureau of Land  Management to shelve a proposed gas drilling project near the White River in  eastern Utah.
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The Bureau of Land Management has neglected its public commitments to monitor and limit harm to wildlife and air quality from natural gas drilling in western Wyoming, according to an internal BLM assessment.
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ANCHORAGE, Alaska  - A U.S. federal appeals court has ordered Royal Dutch Shell Plc  to suspend oil exploration operations in the Beaufort Sea off the north coast of Alaska pending a legal challenge being brought by environmental activists and Alaska native groups.
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The United States will not attend a major review conference next week about a 1997 international treaty on land mines because of the cost of participation and disagreement with crucial elements of the treaty.
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SEATTLE, March 9 -- The Bush administration has objected to a proposed open-pit coal mine in Canada near the Montana border, citing the potential for irreversible environmental damage to Glacier National Park, pristine trout streams and the largest natural lake in the West.
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By The Arizona Daily Star, Tucson  Feb. 18--The U.S. energy secretary made an alarming statement earlier this month. Secretary Samuel Bodman said at a congressional hearing that the plan to clean up a radioactive uranium dump that threatens the Colorado River may be delayed by 16 years.
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An oil companyâs plan to begin exploratory drilling near the remote site of Robert Smithsonâs âSpiral Jettyâ along the Great Salt Lake in Utah has stirred an impassioned response from artists and others who fear that the project could endanger that massive artwork. The jetty, a 1,500-foot-long curlicue of salt crystals, rocks and mud jutting into the lake, was completed by Smithson in 1970, three years before he died in a plane crash. The State of Utah, which must approve any plan for drilling in the area, decided recently to extend a period for public comment on the proposal until Feb. 13. John Harja, who runs the stateâs public land policy coordinating office, said on Tuesday that the office had received 900 letters, e-mail messages and calls about the issue in the last several days. Richard Moe, president of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, issued a statement calling the jetty âa significant cultural siteâ and saying that the trust was âdeeply concerned about the potential harm that energy development could bringâ to it.
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The U.S. Bureau of Land Management said  on Friday its preferred plan for the rim of the Roan Plateau in  western Colorado is to defer oil and natural gas drilling until  80 percent of anticipated wells are drilled below the rim.
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U.S. Energy Secretary Sam Bodman will travel to Mississippi this week to officially approve a new site for the country's emergency oil stockpile, the Energy Department said on Monday.
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Mining is such a major part of Montana's legacy that the words "gold and silver" in Spanish are still emblazoned on the state seal. But mining's golden days are long gone. The industry has diminished over the years amid declining prices and tougher environmental rules, and now accounts for only about 3 percent of Montana's economy. The mining industry hopes a Nov. 2 ballot measure will change that.
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By Joe Bauman Deseret Morning News  Environmentalist and recreation-oriented groups have generated 33,000 comments opposing a gas well project proposed for a location 40 miles south of Vernal.
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Following the latest in a series of major setbacks in the United States the oil giant BP said last week it planned to embark on a major review of its global operations.
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By Suzanne Struglinski Deseret Morning News  WASHINGTON -- A New York congressman wants the Bureau of Land Management to stop selling oil and gas leases on federal land in Utah that he says should be protected as wilderness areas.  Rep.
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Ten U.S. senators introduced a  bipartisan resolution on Thursday that aims to stop a Bush  administration plan to resume on March 7 cattle trade with  Canada that was cut off in mid-2003 over mad cow concerns.