What President-elect Obama needs to know about wilderness

Monday, December 22, 2008

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“We've got 45 million acres of public lands under lease. To give you a sense of the size of that, that equals the land area of the states of New York, New Hampshire and Vermont combined.”
— Dave Albersworth on public lands under lease to oil and gas companies

Bidders at a federal auction last Friday snapped up oil and gas leases in Utah's red-rock country, despite a legal challenge that ultimately could prevent drilling. Last week environmental organizations took legal action to temporarily prevent the Bureau of Land Management from issuing drilling leases.

Guests:

Dave Albersworth

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