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Governor’s energy summit highlights stark divide

Salt Lake Tribune

Summit » Protesters rally outside while Herbert says Utah is open for development.

Utah’s abundant coal and petroleum can be mined, processed, and shipped to market without harming the land and fouling the air and water, Gov. Gary Herbert told some 1,400 gathered Thursday at his annual Energy Development Summit.

Protesters Boo "Dirty Herbert" Outside of Energy Summit

City Weekly

Attendees of Gov. Gary Herbert’s Energy Summit were welcomed this morning by protesters with fake pitchforks and torches. During the summit, more than 100 persons rallied outside and listened to speakers blast the governor’s fossil-fuel-favoring energy policies.

Clean Energy Now! Rally sends Gov. Herbert message during energy summit

Associated Press

About 200 people gathered outside of the Governor’s Energy Development Summit on Jan. 10, 2013 to protest the continued emphasis on fossil fuels and other nonrenewable sources of energy in Governor Herbert’s energy plan.

Wharton: Utah author examines America’s rivers

Salt Lake Tribune

Dan McCool didn’t hesitate when asked why he spent the past 10 years researching and writing a book on America’s rivers.

Herbert, Stewart more extreme than HEAL

Salt Lake Tribune

It’s been about a month since a spokeswoman for Gov. Gary Herbert labeled HEAL Utah, our tenacious and principled nonprofit, "an extreme special interest group." That reaction came after our staff resolutely criticized Herbert’s choice of a political operative and former oil and gas lobbyist, Cody Stewart, to be his new energy adviser.