Conservationists fight oil shale plan in eastern Utah

A coalition of environmental groups objected Tuesday to the U.S. government’s approval of the early stages of an oil shale project near the Utah-Colorado border by a company with ties to Estonia.An intent to sue filed by a coalition including Earthjustice and the Center for Biological Diversity challenges the Bureau of Land Management's September decision to allow Enefit American Oil to build transmission lines and pipelines on a 19-mile corridor on federal lands.It is the first step requi