| GAO report criticizes BLM's use of categorical exclusions |
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| Written by JEFF GEARINO, Casper Star-Tribune | |
| Thursday, 17 September 2009 | |
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A just-completed congressional probe is critical of a Bush-era policy that bypassed painstaking environmental reviews for thousands of oil and gas drilling permits in Wyoming and across the West. Read more...
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