Comments about ‘Salazar halts sale of Utah oil, gas leases’

was adamantly opposed to Oil Shale and energy development in Colorado as a US Senator from that State. Now that he is the Interior Secretary, we in Utah, and the rest of the country have him to deal with (read: FEAR).

Why do democrats hate our country so much? Are we, as a country, not allowed to be self-sufficient when it come to energy production? Should we pass a law that states "Democrats are not allowed to use any energy, for any reason"?

Please leave us normal people alone, so we can live our lives in a productive manner.

The movie stars like Redford live a life of excess luxury, over their lifetimes have left a HUGE carbon footprint..... Now that they are comfortably rich, they know what is best for everyone.... I wish Redford would just leave Utah.... we don't need him here.

What kind of goodwill is this president creating? Says no to developing our own natural resources and puts our nation's trade status in negative view in just the first couple weeks.

How is this going to help our nation create any goodwill among people that actually go to work? He is stopping any chance we have at an economic recovery.

The 2 previous commentators have shown they do not understand the energy crisis America, and the world, is going through. I urge everyone to read Thomas L. Friedman's "Hot,Flat and Crowded: Why We Need a Green Revolution and How It Can Renew America." By the time you finish, you will no longer be hostile to Ken Salazar, Robert Redford or other conservationists.

Thanks to Ken Salazar for a reasonable decision. BLM never should have put the controversial parcels up for lease. It had to be a pure Bush administration deal. Look to Salazar to do a better job of setting priorities, so we can have leases without invading wild lands.

Is Salazar going to reimburse the state of Utah for the millions of dollars they will now have to refund to the bidders whose leases were pulled?

Sakazaar was incompetent as a Senator from Colorado and is showing his increased incompetence in this decision. The two previous comments are by people who I am sure do not drive automobiles or use electricity.(Sure) Maybe one of these days they will freeze to death in the dark.

Salazaar was incompetent as a Senator from Colorado and is showing his increased incompetence in this decision. The two previous comments are by people who I am sure do not drive automobiles or use electricity.(Sure) Maybe one of these days they will freeze to death in the dark.

This is only the beginning of the democrat environmentalist wackos attack on the family and the familiy's ability to provide a decent life. when it comes to a child or a rock...Democrats will always choose the rock.

As you rush to thank Salazar, are you aware that this decision will cost the State of Utah millions of dollars? This creates an obvious negative impact on the state budget and on Utah citizens who receive benefits and services from energy development revenues.

. . . goes to jail for nothing. At least there is a delicious irony to that.

Obviously the Obama administration is opposed to producing jobs in the private sector. I know and love these lands. There is plenty of room to maintain the beauty and also develop rural areas that so much need an economic boost. It can be looked at on a case by case basis, not painted off limits by a broad brush of a few activists (and in one case a true anarchist).

What benefit would rural southern Utah get from the leases? Please enlighten me. Jobs? Hardly.

A Great Day For Utah & America!
Now Clean Up that Filthy Utah Air Pollution.

Yes, morality has come back to the white house. Thank you President Obama.

Good riddance to another HORRIBLE Bush attempt to stick it to America with his contempt for everyone... including Utahans, Bush's biggest fans.

To Moderate Republican (not):
The good Lord gave us this planet to nurture children on. It is the "wackos" that are trying to stop "idiots" like the Bush Admin. from destroying what the good Lord gave us and thus destroying the children as well. There is a reason there are no children on the moon. No clean air, no clean water, and no clean soil equals no children.

It doesn't mean that less land will be leased. It means BLM will be leasing in areas without the beauty and wilderness values of these particular tracts.

can we put a dollar value to our national treasures?
Thank you to our new president and Mr. Salazar we can look forward to a new era.
My dear Moderate Republican, we are trying to save the rocks for your children and mine.
One easy gallon of gas doesn't justify the destruction of our planet.....and your life.

I am horrofied at all actions taking by the Obama's presidency so far, but Salazar's is perhaps the most ignorant and repulsive of all! I am afraid our deepest fears are coming to pass. Obama is a man with no resume, a press-created criature that has surrounded himself with corrupted and inept individuals. Salazar is perhaps one of the worse of the bunch. Utahns sould flood his office indicating outrage at this decision and also begin a campign to get rid of Redford, who lives in Utah only a few weeks a year but screws the State supporting fanatic and unfounded environmental agendas.