Oil shale is not a viable resource in the West. It is simply a Wall Street speculation on our public lands.
Ed Markey: “Oil shale is not a viable resource in the West. It is simply a Wall Street speculation on our public lands.”
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Markey argues that oil shale development is not feasible and is merely speculative.
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