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Group protests Redford's stand on drilling

intresting how Robert Redford can run a ski resort, tear up mountian sides for the ski runs, and then tell the rest of us how bad we are for the environment.

I supose that if you can talk a good story then you are a good enviromentlist, and if you are poor and in need of affordable fules, you are destroying the enviroment. Shame on us for being alive.

Hooray for this group! They hit the nail on the head -- attempts to restrict energy use or inflate its cost hurt the poor first, and barely affect the wealthy.

Not to mention that stifling American oil and gas development directly sends money to Venezuela, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, and other countries who oppress their people and are corrupt. What do you value more, desert or people?

Mr. Redford did not "tear up mountain sides for ski runs." He bought a run down old ski resort and then renovated it into a showplace that Utah can be proud of. It was environmental stewardship at its best. Shame on you for your ignorance.

Mr Redford has been a true and sincere environmentalist for over 40 years and he is right to try and save Utah's Redrock Wilderness. Our beautiful country cannot be destroyed for corporate greed and gas guzzlers. Alernative fuel is the answer and I pray that in court on January 19th the Judge will make a fair decision on this matter.

Hey Bob,
They sell face putty, you know.

This CORE guy is a pawn of the gas and oil companies. It is another example of creative branding for a cause. Natural gas prices are hurting low income families, however in the short term drilling will do little to alleviate the problem. Long term, relying on Natural gas to heat homes is foolish. In the long run sustainable energy resources are the ONLY WAY low income Americans will be able to afford energy costs. Mr. Redford should be commended for standing up against a corrupt system and Congressman.

Redford is a hypocryte. So he bought a "run down old ski resort"... If he were to act the way he preaches, he should pull down the lifts, replant the trees, tear down the lodge and remove the roads. Instead he rolls in the money, calls everyone else who wants to use the wilderness evil and gets a pass. There is nothing enviornmentally friendly about a ski resort!

I guess a "true and sincere enviornmentalist for over 40 years" is definded as someone who already has his and is going to stop everyone else from getting theirs. Typical liberal "applies to everyone else but me" logic.

My husband and I both have bachelors degrees and he is currently continuing his education. He supports my children and I by working for a gas and oil company here in the Uintah Basin. I am very grateful that we can raise our family and have a job that provides income and great benefits. He spent all that time and money getting his education and he makes more in the oilfield. I see many families that these companies support. Jobs are a good thing. It is better to have everyone working and contributing then living off welfare. They take great care in reclaiming the land and restoring it to its original condition. Rules and regulations are in place to ensure this is properly done. They are closely monitored. I love this area and wouldn't want to see it ruined. I can truly say it is beautiful and we enjoy it everyday. Please know that by stopping the gas and oil development many families and communities will be hurt tremendously.

I'm not sure Sundance rolls in the money as much as you think.

interesting that all these rich people are so "for the environment" and so out of touch of the rest of the people, their neighbor, brother, sister, other human beings. At what point are they going to get it (probably never) that PEOPLE and their livelihoods are more important. Yes, we shouldn't be desimating our planet, but lets get some balance here! You can save the planet without driving up all the prices and taking jobs away!!!!! Robert: care about PEOPLE, balance this "cause."

At last someone is stepping up to the plate to explain the real cost of NOT drilling. When energy prices skyrocket the first ones hurt are those who don't have quite as much money or friends in high places as Redford. When and if the enviro-nuts ever build all the solar panels and windturbines that they need, and can supply SOME of the rest of us with this environmentally "safe" power, then, and only then, should we scale back on traditional energy production!
By the way, I'm old enough to remember the "rundown ski resort" that Redford so graciously developed into a multi-million dollar environmental blister, so anyone who believes Redford has done anything for anyone but himself is seriously deluded. I used to camp where Sundance, etc. is 45 or 50 years ago, and I can't recall quite as many homes, or roads up there that seem to be present now!
Also, while we're at it, anybody ever imagined how ugly thousands of wind turbines are to the landscape?
Kudos to ANY group who will stand up to the enviro-nuts.
BTW: what got stuck up Provo Canyon beginning 40 yrs. ago is NOT "environmental stewardship".

"lust for environmental headlines" is that the best quote of the year or what?

Green Bobby has destroyed some of the most beautiful and pristine wilderness in the Western United States. He has thoughtlessly bulldozed countless trees, shrubs and other native plants and driven scores of wildlife, large and small, from their rightful homes in developing and ever-expanding his mountain resort.

Flowers, deer and moose have been replaced with concrete, steel and asphalt.

Annual emissions from his mega resort and other related activities, such as the Sundance Film Festival, are many times greater than all of us will emit in our entire life times.

Bob, if you really care about the environment, restore the mountain and move your film festival to the San Fernando Valley.

You're right "western woman" Redford has been an "environmentalist" for over 40 years. . .Right after he built his own home right in the middle of the most beautiful canyon in the state and began subdividing it!
Thats a good time to become "born again" - right after he's gotten his!

Can you say elitist snobs or environmental hippocrites?

Take your pick, both labels apply!

Environmental Stewardship would have been to tear down the aging ski run and LEAVE THE LAND ALONE!! THAT would have been real environmental stewardship.

. . . from the Utah school trust by blocking drilling on state trust lands. That takes money from the pockets of every one of us.

And it hits poor kids particularly hard.

They already can't afford college. Soon high school will be out of reach.

Whether oil from Utah ever makes us less dependent of foreign oil or not, when Redford and his socialist environmental buddies block development of a lucrative resource on state lands, they are stealing our children's education.

Even if Bob offered (which he hasn't), not even he makes enough money to make up that difference.

There is so much natural gas development going on here in the Uintah Basin that it is hard to feel bad if a few places are special enough to not have a well pad put there. Sure, allow drilling, but drill in places where it makes sense. Leave a bit of Utah alone for the rest of us that live here.

I don't understand. We have National Parks, National Monuments, National Study Areas, Set-Aside areas. etc, ALL WITH SPECIFIC BOUNDARIES. No drilling, no roads, no nothing in those areas. They're protected. Now, comes the environmental lefties who say "we also don't want anything happening in areas NEARBY or ADJACENT TO the boundaries. Next, they will be taking a stand on areas near the areas that are next to the boundaries, and pretty soon they will run out of their "adjacent areas." Why do we even have park boundaries? Those people had all the input in the world when the boundaries were set, now they want to set them again - just to suit their agenda. Let them either shut up or make new boundaries, but leave the established lines alone.

To Annonymous..Go for it...these actors and actresses really think they are on a pedestal and can do anything they want. Good for you...wish I was living back in Utah and I would help you stop him. they don't care about anyone but themselves. It has been proven over and over again. Unfortunately it is the fans that have fueled the fire for their popularity. They leave a lot to be desired as far as most of them are in my estimation. Most of the good entertainers have died and gone on. I hope you are able to accomplish your goal but stopping Redford.

Go read about National Parks. Establishing such a park affects more than just the land within its boundaries. They pretty much affect anything that can be viewed from within their boundaries. It has been that way since, well, forever.