The rush to drill for oil and natural gas in five Rocky Mountain states is threatening endangered species and is locking out hunters and fisherman from western lands, the Environmental Working Group (EWG) and National Wildlife Federation (NWF) said in a report last Wednesday. Their report further claimed that the amount of natural gas produced in the region has been “modest,” and not enough to justify “runaway drilling.”
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Report Says Rush to Drill in West Threatening Habitat, Hunting
The rush to drill for oil and natural gas in five Rocky Mountain states is threatening endangered species and is locking out hunters and fisherman from western lands, the Environmental Working Group (EWG) and National Wildlife Federation (NWF) said in a report Wednesday. Their report further claimed that the amount of natural gas produced from the region has been “modest,” and not enough to justify “runaway drilling.”
May 3, 2007