Editorial: Last-minute lease bid near NPs, now invalidated by courts, should never have happened
A last-ditch effort by former President George W. Bush to open up precious public lands near Utah national parks for oil and gas exploration has lost in court — again.
A federal appeals court rightly ruled invalid a lawsuit by industry and local governments to overturn the Obama administration’s withdrawal of 77 oil and gas leases. The leases were auctioned in the final month of the Bush administration, as the Republican president was leaving office.