Read more oil and gas leases stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/27177/oil-and-gas-leases.htmlhttp://img1-cdn.newser.com/images/newser-black250x40.gifhttp://www.newser.com/2012 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorFri, 25 May 2012 11:16:57 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/49909/us-cancels-gas-oil-leases-near-utah-parks.htmlNick McMaster<img src='http://img2-cdn.newser.com/getimage.aspx?mediaid=178867&width=45&height=45&crop=Y&updateddate=20110331232954' border='0' />The Obama administration is scrapping the sales of oil and gas leases on areas of federally protected land spanning 130,000 acres in Utah, Bloomberg reports. “Those are American iconic treasures we need to make sure are being protected,” Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said today, adding that the leases can...This undated image provided by the National Parks Service shows one of the arches (since collapsed) in Arches National Park in Utah.http://www.newser.com/story/49909/us-cancels-gas-oil-leases-near-utah-parks.htmlWed, 04 Feb 2009 16:50:01 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/22184/senator-blasts-foot-dragging-on-protecting-polar-bear.htmlNick McMaster<img src='http://img1-cdn.newser.com/getimage.aspx?mediaid=86120&width=45&height=45&crop=Y&updateddate=20110401020047' border='0' />Three months after the deadline for declaring whether polar bears are a threatened species, the Interior Department hasn't issued a ruling, and Barbara Boxer wants to know why. The influential senator said yesterday she wants Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to appear before the environment committee and “answer questions about the administration’s...Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Chairman Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., holds tape which covered correspondence the committee received from the EPA, Jan. 24, 2008.http://www.newser.com/story/22184/senator-blasts-foot-dragging-on-protecting-polar-bear.htmlFri, 21 Mar 2008 14:50:00 CDT