These leases that were withdrawn were done so illegally.

http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=51673

In the mountainous Green River Basin of the American West, running through Utah, Colorado, and Wyoming, the American people own lands containing an estimated one trillion barrels of oil, more than triple the amount of Saudi Arabia’s proven oil reserves and far exceeding anything we could have dreamed a few decades ago

This incredible supply—made of up most of the world’s oil shale —should be a cause for national celebration, since it has the potential both to lower gasoline prices and to increase government revenues without raising taxes.

In 2008, this exciting energy story was just beginning to bear fruit, as the Bush administration issued 77 leases (after a seven-year environmental review process) for energy companies looking to develop the oil shale.

Then came President Barack Obama. Within weeks of his inauguration, the Obama Interior Department withdrew the leases.

How to start Diamond Mining.

Currently I am researching on how to find or look for diamonds.  I have found a lot of good information and I have spent a lot of time looking at google earth, maps, books and the Internet.  What I have found out is that I don't have to go to Arkansas or even Colorado or Wyoming to look for diamond.  Though Colorado is a good place to find some.  The link below is a great wealth of information on diamonds.  Besides putting it in this post I will add it to my links for this blog. 

http://www.diamond-mining.com/howtostartdiamondmining.html

Fraud Capitals.

This is a work in progress.  Following is some links I have collected about fraud capitals of the US/America and/or world.  I will try to put this information together in an article which I will leave here on this blog and perhaps elsewhere.  It seems that everyone is trying to be the "Fraud Capital".  This is something you don't want people,  HELLO!  Quit competing for this title.  Let someone else have the title. Let's let Florida have it for the US.  Let's let Nigeria have it for the world.  

California (Newport Beach) tries to rip off Fraud Capital of the US from Florida.
http://t.co/Ecu1oZx
http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1989-11-01/news/8902070442_1_newport-beach-fraud-journal
http://articles.dailypilot.com/2008-03-20/news/dpt-recipe032008_1_identity-theft-newport-beach-recreational-drug-users

Champlain, NY Scam Capital of US 2004, 2007.
http://www.fraudwatchers.org/forums/showthread.php?t=10878

Is LA the fraud capital of US for 2011?
http://la.indymedia.org/news/2011/04/245659.php

1974 WSJ says Salt Lake City is fraud capital of US.
http://www.watchman.org/lds/scamlds.htm

2009 Spokane scam capital of US.
http://m.topix.com/forum/city/milford-ut/TF7JNARGV2L1JVJQ1
http://www.forbes.com/forbes/2009/0525/106-investment-guide-09-scam-capital-of-america.html

Spokane denies being scam capital of US.
http://www.thenewstribune.com/2009/05/15/742671/hey-forbes-spokane-isnt-even-fraud.html

Florida relishes being fraud capital of US.
http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1989-11-01/news/8902070442_1_newport-beach-fraud-journal

LA 1995 scam capital of America.
http://articles.latimes.com/1995-05-28/local/me-7087_1_los-angeles

Utah scam capital of the WORLD! Recently! Watch out India!
http://m.standard.net/topics/utah-legislature/2011/03/12/hb-477-shows-why-utah-also-scam-capital-world

Jehovah's Witness scam. But, alas, he is from Florida. So do we give it to JW or FL?
http://www.holysmoke.org/cos/almost-as-bad.htm

WOW! Colorado upsets Utah as scam capital of US for 2007.
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4188/is_20080214/ai_n21416754/

Utah's Reputation as America's "Scam Capital" Grows.  February, 2006
http://www.pyramidschemealert.org/PSAMain/news/UtahScamState.html

Is Nigeria the Fraud/Scam capital of the World
http://www.insidealibaba.com/2011/06/is-nigeria-the-fraudscam-capital-of-the-world/

Welcome to Scam Capital of the World "India".
http://knol.google.com/k/t-n-mishra/welcome-to-scam-capital-of-world-india/323jh2wd7oti6/6#

Top 10 Financial Schemes in India.
http://indianblogger.com/top-10-financial-scams-in-india/

We're, Queensland, the net scam capital of Austrailia
http://www.couriermail.com.au/ipad/were-the-net-scam-capital/story-fn6ck45n-1226049966728

Lugansk - an unofficial scam capitol of Ukraine
http://www.detective-ukraine.com/detective-agency/private-investigator/background-check/anti-scam/ivestigation/lugansk.htm