| Federal gov't sitting on millions of dollars of energy leases |
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| Written by PAUL FOY, Salt Lake Tribune | |
| Monday, 10 August 2009 | |
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Brian Wixom's company has paid the U.S. government hundreds of thousands of dollars for leases to drill for oil and gas on federal lands over the years, only to never put a rig in the ground. Read more...
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