Commentary: Hatch’s phony wilderness bill is a Trojan Horse

Sen. Orrin Hatch, alongside the Utah Commission for the Stewardship of Public Lands and oil industry executives, is currently pushing for the creation of wilderness in Southern Utah. And it’s all a front to insure oil drilling and mining in the area for years to come.Confused yet? Let me explain. It all started with the formation of the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in Southern Utah that’s beauty can only be rivaled by its size. The creation of this monument blocked off