Resources
From maps and fact sheets to scientific data and issue briefs – the most vital information about the issues you care about, at your fingertips.
The Grand Canyon Trust and Deseret Power signed a settlement agreement over a sizable water right (15 cubic-feet per second, or 3.5 billion gallons per year). Read the settlement agreement.
The Estonian state-owned oil shale company, Enefit American Oil, relinquished a preliminary lease to research the commercial viability of mining and producing oil shale on public land in northeastern Utah.
In November 2021, the Grand Canyon Trust filed a protest arguing a lack of diligence in putting a Green River, Utah water right to beneficial use.
A lawsuit challenges the decision to green light a massive oil shale development in Utah.
Enefit American Oil wants to build the first commercial-scale oil shale processing plant and strip mine in the United States in northeast Utah.
Enefit American Oil’s South Project oil shale development could put endangered fish at risk.
Read the comments submitted by the Grand Canyon Trust and partners regarding the Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Enefit American Oil Utility Corridor Project.
A map of leasable tar sands and oil shale resources on federal lands in the Colorado River Basin.
A map of land leased for oil shale and tar sands development in the Colorado River Basin.
Read the court’s decision on a challenge submitted by multiple plaintiffs to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for omitting two flowers from the threatened or endangered lists under the Endangered Species Act.
This map shows Enefit American’s oil shale rights of way, as well as oil shale and tar sands deposits in northeastern Utah.
Read the comments submitted on behalf of the Grand Canyon Trust and others regarding the Enefit American Oil Utility Corridor Project Draft Environmental Impact Statement.
Read the letter sent to the Environmental Protection Agency regarding the Enefit American Oil Utility Corridor Project Draft Environmental Impact Statement.
This interactive map tells the story of Utah’s dirty energy future.
Oil shale and tar sand leasable land in the Colorado River Basin.
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