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Stop Reckless Development of the Dirtiest Fossil Fuel Ever
Target: Interior Secretary Ken Salazar
Sponsored by: The Wilderness Society
Sponsored by: The Wilderness Society
At the tail end of the Bush administration, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) worked overtime to rush through "midnight" regulations - making huge tracts of public lands in Colorado, Utah and Wyoming available for commercial oil shale development with sweetheart terms and few environmental protections.
Using current technologies, commercial oil shale development would result in one of the dirtiest fossil fuels the world has ever seen. It would require an extraordinary amount of water and energy in order to turn the waxy kerogen embedded deep within the rock into a synthetic oil substitute. This highly polluting process literally bakes the rock at 500 to 1,000 degrees for more than a year just to liquefy and extract the synthetic crude.
Luckily, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar is making efforts to overturn Bush administration policies, but he needs to know that his actions have full public support! Tell Secretary Salazar that you oppose reckless oil shale development.
Using current technologies, commercial oil shale development would result in one of the dirtiest fossil fuels the world has ever seen. It would require an extraordinary amount of water and energy in order to turn the waxy kerogen embedded deep within the rock into a synthetic oil substitute. This highly polluting process literally bakes the rock at 500 to 1,000 degrees for more than a year just to liquefy and extract the synthetic crude.
Luckily, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar is making efforts to overturn Bush administration policies, but he needs to know that his actions have full public support! Tell Secretary Salazar that you oppose reckless oil shale development.
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11:10 am PDT, Jun 2,
Catherine St.Onge, Arizona
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Oil Shale development is one of the most harmful to the environment. We need this environment to live off of. There are so many alternative fuels that cause a fraction of the damage- lets start putting money in that direction so we can have a sustainable future
Oil Shale development is one of the most harmful to the environment. We need this environment to live off of. There are so many alternative fuels that cause a fraction of the damage- lets start putting money in that direction so we can have a sustainable future
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Shanna Schultz, Minnesota
This practice needs to stop! If oil is getting harder, dirtier and more expensive to get to, maybe it is a sign that we need to get off of our addiction to oil ASAP!
This practice needs to stop! If oil is getting harder, dirtier and more expensive to get to, maybe it is a sign that we need to get off of our addiction to oil ASAP!
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Meta Hirschl, New Mexico
we don't need more dirty fossil fuel...we CAN do it without destroying the environment.
we don't need more dirty fossil fuel...we CAN do it without destroying the environment.
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Albert Roman, Florida
Stop this madness and keep thinking "green".
Stop this madness and keep thinking "green".
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