U.S. Blocks Oil Drilling at 60 Sites in Utah

U.S. Blocks Oil Drilling at 60 Sites in Utah John M. Broder
October 8, 2009

The Department of Interior stopped oil drilling in 60 out of 77 drilling sites in Utah. The seventy seven sites cover around 100000 acres of land in eastern and southern Utah. Drilling for oil in these spots has a potential of harming the wildlife in the area where they are drilling and had to be stopped. Conservation groups had sued the companies in charge and hope that they will soon stop drilling in all of the 77 areas.

This is good that the new Obama administration is trying to do things to save the environment and the wildlife by undoing the factors that where put in place through the Bush administration. Also if there is no reason to drill for oil we should not do it because it takes a lot of land to do it. And it will disrupt wildlife