Environment News Service: The Bush administration is putting plans in place to approve more than 118,000 new gas and oil wells on public land across the western United States, double the current amount of producing wells on public lands throughout the Rocky Mountains. The plans are documented in a new report released Wednesday by The Wilderness Society, which the drilling boom would have devastating impacts to wildlife and local communities. The report warns that 17 "still wild but unprotected ...Link Via EcologicalInternet.org
