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Bush-Era Drilling Lease Sales Voided In Utah

by Elizabeth Shogren, NPR
February 5, 2009

Interior Secretary Ken Salazar has canceled scores of oil and gas leases sold by the Bush administration in Utah's red rock country. The sales would have brought $6 million to the government, in addition to royalties on any oil or gas production.

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  • Morning Edition, February 5, 2009
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