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Related: About this forumGiant US Tar Sands Project Lurking in the Shadows
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/09/12-4Imminent tar sands development threatens western US
Giant US Tar Sands Project Lurking in the Shadows
Published on Thursday, September 12, 2013 by Common Dreams
- Jacob Chamberlain, staff writer
While rightful attention has been focused on Alberta's tar sands development and its slated transport through the Keystone XL pipeline, the U.S. Bureau of Land Management, along with Utah lawmakers, have quietly pushed forward plans for a similarly massive tar sands project back in the U.S., an exposé in Esquire highlights Thursday.
Much like Alberta's vast tar sands oil extraction that has devastated public and environmental health and the climate, the BLM's recent approval of mining projects will exploit more than 800,000 acres of public and private land for tar sands development across several western states.
The massive Green River Formation, a stretch of land that runs through Utah, Wyoming and Colorado, would be dug up and excavated, and Utah lawmakers "are eager to capitalize" on the imminent oil boom, according to the article.
As Esquire writes, "Already the state is literally paving the way for mining companies, including improving a highway that runs through one of last pieces of wilderness in the state at a cost of $85 million -- most of it public funds."
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Giant US Tar Sands Project Lurking in the Shadows (Original Post)
unhappycamper
Sep 2013
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SamKnause
(13,102 posts)1. Tar sands
Shakes head as the feeling of total helplessness encompasses my body.
postulater
(5,075 posts)2. 800,000 acres.
Despite some harsh terrain, it is some incredible territory.
Sad that so much economic force is coming down on such a defenseless ecosystem.
Thanks for bringing this up. I'll pay attention to it. Even my republican family members might be concerned as they like to vacation in the Rockies.
joshcryer
(62,270 posts)3. insane
did they give up on in situ?