Western Environmental Law Center: Court Challenge - Feds Cut Out Public on 40,802-Acre NM Oil and Gas Leases
July 11, 2020
July 11, 2020
EUGENE, Oregon, July 11 -- The Western Environmental Law Center issued the following news release on July 9:
Moving to protect the climate, public health, and to further environmental justice, a coalition filed suit to overturn the sale of leases on nearly 41,000 acres of public land in New Mexico for oil and gas drilling. The Bureau of Land Management (the Bureau) did not allow a comment period on the lease sale's draft environmental assessment, and held only a lightning-quick, 10- . . .
Moving to protect the climate, public health, and to further environmental justice, a coalition filed suit to overturn the sale of leases on nearly 41,000 acres of public land in New Mexico for oil and gas drilling. The Bureau of Land Management (the Bureau) did not allow a comment period on the lease sale's draft environmental assessment, and held only a lightning-quick, 10- . . .