The Interior Department on Wednesday blocked a Bush administration plan to open parts of the Mountain West for oil shale development, canceling shale development leases on federal land in Colorado, Utah and Wyoming.
"Those who have fantasized that oil shale is a panacea for America's energy needs have been living in a fantasy land," Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said.
The move marked the third time in a month that the Obama administration has frozen late-term Bush decisions that sought to spur domestic energy development over objections from environmentalists.
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