More giveaways for developing the world's dirtiest fossil fuel?

Stop additional public lands in Utah, Colorado, and Wyoming from being needlessly committed to the oil shale folly.

If oil companies are allowed to extract oil shale - the world's dirtiest fossil fuel - from public lands in these Western states,
the consequences will be devastating.

Take action now.
http://action.wilderness.org/campaign/oilshale00/xg7nnkb497wne6ex

In record numbers, Americans are calling for an end to our nation's addiction to fossil fuels, but Big Oil is not giving up.

The oil industry already has millions of acres of land in Wyoming, Utah, and Colorado in its pocket that could be used for oil shale
development, but they're demanding more to pursue ways to unlock the same oil shale resources responsible for busting local
communities time and again.

What's oil shale? Simply put, it's the dirtiest fossil fuel in the world. It is rock that needs to be mined, processed, and burned
at high temperatures using extraordinary amounts of water and energy to yield useful fuel. Moreover, it's an unproven commercial
fuel source. If development proceeds as recklessly as the BLM has planned, the impact on these Western states will be devastating.

Take action now and urge the Bureau of Land Management to halt additional public land giveaways for oil shale development.

If you support a cleaner, greener future, there's nothing to like about what the oil shale industry has to offer.

First, extraction technologies are extremely resource intensive. The BLM itself estimates their development plan would require ten
new coal-fired power plants would have to be built just to provide the energy needed for extraction. What's more, the amount of
water needed to process oil shale would place the water resources of these arid lands under immense stress, forever changing the
lives of people and wildlife in the region.

In the quest for new energy sources, dirty fossil fuels are not the answer. This sort of reckless development puts our wild places
at risk. Places like Colorado's Piceance Basin, a spectacular expanse of rolling sagebrush inhabited by North America's largest herd
of mule deer, would be subject to additional air pollution, water depletion, and would be carved up by miles of new roads and
pipelines on top of rapidly expanding natural gas development.

It's time to move our nation away from dirty fossil fuel dependency. Click here to keep the BLM from deepening the nation's
commitment to oil shale development today.

Protecting our public lands not only ensures our natural heritage, but is essential for real economic recovery. Your letter today
will help make all the difference.

Sincerely,

Kathy Kilmer
The Wilderness Society