Govs want more time on oil shale

The governors of Wyoming and Colorado want federal officials to allow more than the allotted two weeks for the states to study and comment on a draft environmental review of commercial-scale oil shale development proposed in the region.

Wyoming, Colorado and Utah are among 14 states, local governments and agencies discussing a draft environmental impact statement on tapping an estimated 100-year supply of oil locked in rock formations in western Colorado, eastern Utah and southwest Wyoming. Much of the land is public.

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