The Salt Lake Tribune
Thursday, December 18, 2008
Redford takes on the BLM
Robert Redford has put his considerable celebrity behind a federal lawsuit to stop the lame-duck Bush administration from selling off oil and gas leases near Utah's red-rock national parks.

As reported by Matt Canham, one of The Salt Lake Tribune's Washington correspondents, the lawsuit - announced in a D.C. press conference Wednesday - challenges 80 leases that go up for sale Friday.

Redford - participating in the press conference via satellite from L.A. - called the Bush administration "morally criminal" for announcing the sale on Election Day, a day Americans voted to reject Bush policies.

"No place on earth can speak to the balance of beauty and nature like these areas," Redford said.

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