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Conservationists won their legal challenge to BLM oil and gas lease sales in Wyoming, but industry is celebrating the court’s ruling that the agency isn’t capable of determining the impacts of emissions.
Judge halts BLM Wyoming oil and gas lease sale Posted on April 1, 2024 by admin A federal judge in Washington last month (Mar. 22) put on hold a 2022 Biden administration giant oil and gas lease sale covering some 128,000 acres of federal land, mostly in Wyoming. The sale consisted of federal acreage in six parcels: Wyoming, 119,564 acres; Montana and the Dakotas, 3,406 acres;
The agency also failed to adequately account for impacts to drinking water, wildlife and climate, according to a federal district court judge.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – A federal court ruled Friday that the Bureau of Land Management’s decision to lease nearly 120,000 acres of federal land for oil and gas development in June
The federal Bureau of Land Management announced its final methane waste rule on Wednesday. These new regulations clamp down on the practice of venting and flaring, which the agency says wastes valuable resources that are owned by the public or Native American tribes and could be put to beneficial use. The agency says the practice