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Bid to preserve mining ban near Grand Canyon fails

The Associated Press The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, July 12, 2011 - 2:33pm

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. -- A Virginia congressman failed Tuesday to gain enough support to halt a colleague's plan to reopen 1 million acres near the Grand Canyon to new mining claims.

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Ban on mining claims near Grand Canyon challenged

Felicia Fonesca The Associated Press

Last updated Monday, July 11, 2011 - 2:39pm

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. -- Language in a bill to fund the Interior Department for another year would put an end to a ban on new mining claims near the Grand Canyon.

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Drilling in Utah natural gas field gets feds' OK

The Associated Press

Last updated Thursday, June 9, 2011 - 4:00pm

SALT LAKE CITY -- The federal government is proposing to allow drilling on a large natural gas project in eastern Utah that officials say will open nearly 3,700 new wells and create thousands of jobs.

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$A large sign states the property owners stand on a purposed pipeline to prove drinking water to households on Carter Road in Dimock, Pa. in this photo taken Dec. 21, 2010. Residents in suburban Texas and rural Pennsylvania are living with the nastiness and rancor erupting in communities nationwide over the volatile issue of hydraulic fracturing, a form of gas drilling. (AP Photo/Ralph Wilson)$