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U.S. Moves Ahead on Oil, Gas Leases on Public Land

A decision by federal officials this week to press ahead with a controversial sale of oil and gas leases in eastern Utah is stoking the debate over how to balance the nation's needs for fossil fuels against concerns over the environmental impact on iconic national parks and other sensitive areas.

 

By Juliet Eilperin

EPA, Interior Dept. Chiefs Will Be Busy Erasing Bush's Mark

Few federal agencies are expected to undergo as radical a transformation under President-elect Barack Obama as the Environmental Protection Agency and the Interior Department, which have been at the epicenter of many of the Bush administration's most intense scientific and environmental...

 

By Juliet Eilperin

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Managing Economic Team Will Be a Challenge for Obama (By David Cho and Alec MacGillis, Nov. 27, 2008; Page A01)
United States Will Press Ahead With a Sale of Oil and Gas Leases in Eastern Utah (Nov. 27, 2008; Page A02)
Bush Grants His Final Presidential Turkey Pardon (By Manuel Roig-Franzia, Nov. 27, 2008; Page C01)
Agreement Near for Gates to Stay On as Defense Secretary (By Michael D. Shear and Ann Scott Tyson, Nov. 26, 2008; Page A01)
White House Prods Allies to Oppose Limits on Greenhouse Gases (By Juliet Eilperin, Nov. 26, 2008; Page A04)
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