new administration's moratorium on new drilling and mining on public lands has raised the hackles of Utah elected and tribal leaders. Environments, though, are cheering the move. - Salt Lake Tribune

(Rick Bowmer | AP file photo) In this July 13, 2015, file photo, Melanie Martin of the Tar Sands Resistance Movement, looks over the Book Cliffs, in eastern Utah. Development of the country's first tar sands mine is one of a number of battle fronts across the West between preservationists and the energy industry.