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Utah Faces Energy Boom and Environmental Questions
Utah poised for an energy expansion with coal oil and shale in the Uintah Basin and near Glen Canyon. Plans include a $1.7 billion Kaiparowits coal plant and a Great Salt Lake offshore well. Environmentalists warn of water use and waste impacts while locals weigh jobs against landscape changes.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Great Salt Lake
Utah-Arizona
Canyonlands
Capitol Reef
Zion
Bryce Canyon
Arches
Glen Canyon National Recreation Area
Monument Valley
Glen Canyon Dam
Lake Powell
I. Nelson
U.S. Geological Survey
Uintah Basin
Utah Geological Mineral Survey
Colorado
Wyoming
National Petroleum Council
Howard Ritzman
Tim Eurasian
Ritzman
United States
Carbon County
Kaiparowits Plateau
Glen Canyon
Kaiparowits
William R. Gould
Southern California Edison Co
Southwest
Amoco Oil Co