Will Oil Extraction Harm Western Parks?

New York Times: As the public comment period ends this week on a proposal to develop oil shale and oil sands in vast areas of the Rocky Mountain West, conservationists are making a stand on behalf of the area's national parks. The National Parks Conservation Association, a 90-year-old organization, is concerned that eight national parks and monuments are at risk from energy development of this type and scale. The Bureau of Land Management is considering whether to open roughly 2.3 million acres of land in Colorado,...

URL: http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/04/30/will-oil-extraction-imperil-western-parks/