Library: Oil and Gas
Fact Sheets
- The Facts about Oil and Gas Development on Utah's Public Lands (2008)
- Oil Shale on Federal Lands in Utah: Just Not Ready (2008)
- Environmental Concerns for Oil Sands Development in Utah: Serious Unanswered Questions (2008 slide presentation, 3 MB file)
- Oil Shale/Tar Sands Fact Sheet (2006)
- Political, Environmental and Socioeconomic Impacts of Oil Sands Leasing and Development in Utah (2006 slide presentation, 5.91 MB file)
Court Opinions
- U.S. District Court decision in SUWA v. Allred, January 17, 2009 (re: Dec. 2008 Lease Sale)
- U.S. District Court decision in SUWA v. Norton, August 2, 2006 (re: Nov. 2003 BLM Lease Sale)
- U.S. District Court decision in SUWA v. Norton, December 2002 (re: Yellow Cat Seismic Project)
Non-Governmental Reports and Scientific Papers
- Utah's Redrock Wilderness: Too Wild to Drill (The Wilderness Society, 2006)
- The Economic and Social Impacts of Oil and Gas Development (The Wilderness Society, 2006)
- An Analysis of Utah Oil and Gas Production, Leasing, and Future Resources, by Mark Lemkin
Congressional Letters and Testimony
Government Documents and Reports
- June 2008 Report from the House Resources Committee: "The Truth About America's Energy: Big Oil Stockpiles Supplies and Pockets Profits"
- 2005 GAO Report on Energy Development (1.44 MB file)
- State BLM director's January 2002 Oil and Gas Program Review Final Report (memo declaring oil and gas development the agency's number one priority)
Press Coverage
Documents Relating to the 2005 Energy Bill
- July 2005 Conservation Community Letter to Senate Energy Conference
- 2005 Conservation Community Fact Sheet: Safeguard the Public's Right to Participate in Management of Our Public Lands
- May 2005 Conservation Community Letter to Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee (re: Senate Energy Bill)
- April 2005 Conservation Community Letter to U.S. House of Representatives (re: House Energy Bill)