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Oil shale development in Colorado's Piceance Basin. (Ecoflight)
Press Release September 12, 2023

Enefit American Oil Abandons Lease to Mine Oil Shale in Utah’s Uinta Basin

Settlement cuts off oil shale giant’s planned mine and processing facility from water supply
So many oil and gas wells have been developed in the Uinta Basin that air pollution levels rival those of big cities. (WildEarth Guardians / CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
case May 16, 2019

Challenging Approval of a Massive Utah Oil Shale Development in Utah’s Uintah Basin

The White River, north of the Enefit project area in eastern Utah. (Ray Bloxham / Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance)
Press Release May 16, 2019

Lawsuit Challenges Trump Administration Approval of Massive Utah Oil Shale Development

Water-sucking project threatens endangered species, climate, air quality
document February 26, 2019

Notice of intent to sue re: Enefit oil shale development in Utah

Conservation groups issued a notice of intent to sue the Trump administration for approving rights-of-way for pipelines and powerlines that pave the way for the nation’s first commercial oil shale…
How the Obama administration responds to a precedent setting proposal for oil shale mining in Utah poses a key test for the president’s climate commitments ratified in Paris last year. (donvictorio/Shutterstock)
Article August 16, 2016

Testing Obama's Climate Commitment In the Utah Desert

How the Obama administration responds to a precedent setting proposal for oil shale mining in Utah poses a key test for the president’s climate commitments ratified in Paris last year.
A foreign company wants to build a strip mine and refining facility in the Book Cliffs mountains of Utah, and federal land managers are lending a hand. Mt. Garfield, on the eastern side of the Book Cliffs mountain range in Colorado, is pictured above. (Doc Searls/CC BY-SA 2.0)
Article July 18, 2016

Despite Climate Rhetoric, Obama Administration Boosts Dirty Oil Shale

A foreign company wants to build a strip mine and refining facility in Utah, and federal land managers are lending a hand.
document June 15, 2016

Comments on the Enefit American Oil Utility Corridor Project DEIS

This DEIS represents the first real opportunity for BLM to analyze the impacts of a commercial oil shale project in the United States. Thus, it is vital that BLM take an…
White River, north of the Enefit project area. (Ray Bloxham / Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance)
Press Release June 15, 2016

Groups to Feds: Plan for America’s First Commercial Oil Shale Facility Not in Public Interest

Strip mining plan threatens land, water, wildlife, climate
So many oil and gas wells have been developed in the Uinta Basin that air pollution levels rival those of big cities. (WildEarth Guardians / CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
Press Release April 6, 2016

Obama’s Interior Department Pushes Oil Shale Plan Threatening Massive Climate Pollution, Water Use

Enefit’s mining facility in Utah would expand development and use of kerogen oil, one of world’s most carbon-polluting fuels