Author: Brady McCombs, The Associated Press
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Environmentalists, tribes blast Utah national monument plan
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SALT LAKE CITY – The U.S. government has decided to allow off-road vehicles access to some archaeologically sensitive land at a Utah national monument that houses sacred tribal sites under a plan announced Friday. The Bureau of Land Management’s plan for the Bears Ears National Monument says that certain historic sites most at risk will…
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Conservationists fight oil shale plan in eastern Utah
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SALT LAKE CITY – A coalition of environmental groups objected Tuesday to the U.S. government’s approval of the early stages of an oil shale project near the Utah-Colorado border by a company with ties to Estonia. An intent to sue filed by a coalition including Earthjustice and the Center for Biological Diversity challenges the Bureau…