Oil Lobbyists Oversee Protection of Threatened Lizard
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photo by: Steve Jurvetson
The oil industry vigorously opposed efforts to list the threatened dunes sagebrush lizard as an endangered species. But three oil company lobbyists were given day-to-day oversight of the effort to save the reptile. Environmentalists and legislators are crying foul, and Comptroller Susan Combs is in the crosshairs.
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