Conservationists fight oil shale plan in eastern Utah

 

February 27, 2019



SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A coalition of environmental groups objected Tuesday to the U.S. government's approval of the early stages of an oil shale project near the Utah-Colorado border by a company with ties to Estonia.

An intent to sue filed by a coalition including Earthjustice and the Center for Biological Diversity challenges the Bureau of Land Management's September decision to allow Enefit American Oil to build transmission lines and pipelines on a 19-mile corridor on federal lands.

It is the first step required by law before being able to sue. The BLM now has two months to respond.

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