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FILE - In this Jan. 16, 2001 file photo, then-Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt speaks in Coronado, Calif. Babbitt is urging President Barack Obama to step up efforts to conserve public lands as he begins his second term. Babbitt, who led Interior for eight years under President Bill Clinton, said Obama should adopt what Babbitt called a common-sense principle: For every acre of public land leased to the oil and gas industry, one acre should be permanently protected for future generations. Over the past four years, more than 6 million acres have been leased for oil and gas, compared with 2.6 million acres permanently protected. (AP Photo/Lenny Ignelzi, File)

Poll: Western voters want to protect federal lands

 

DENVER -- Western voters see the region's vast public lands as an economic asset and support limiting energy exploration on them, even as they remain concerned about the nation's dependence on foreign oil, according to a poll being released Thursday by Colorado College's State of the Rockies Project.

A wind turbine, used for teaching purposes, stands in front of South Weber Elementary School. The South Weber Planning Commission is considering an ordinance that would allow businesses and residents to harness wind power on a conditional-use basis. It plans to hold open houses in April and May so it can receive public input on the issue before making a decision.   (KERA WILLIAMS/Standard-Examiner)

South Weber may let businesses, residents harness wind power

SOUTH WEBER -- A proposed wind energy ordinance that would allow commercial businesses and residents to harness air power on a conditional-use basis is leisurely blowing its way through the political process.

Matheson says comprehensive energy policy needed

SALT LAKE CITY -- U.S. Rep. Jim Matheson is calling on federal regulators to streamline the application process for oil and gas projects and eliminate confusing rules that impede energy development.

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