Waterkeeper Alliance: Groups Challenge Trump Administration Sale of 58,000 Acres of Public Lands for Oil, Gas Drilling
January 13, 2021
January 13, 2021
NEW YORK, Jan. 13 -- Waterkeeper Alliance issued the following news release on Jan. 12:
A coalition of groups today challenged five Bureau of Land Management oil and gas lease sales encompassing 112 parcels and 58,297 acres of public lands in central and eastern Montana and North Dakota. The lawsuit says the agency failed to fully assess the potential harm oil and gas extraction would have on the area's groundwater and ignored cumulative climate impacts.
The challenged . . .
A coalition of groups today challenged five Bureau of Land Management oil and gas lease sales encompassing 112 parcels and 58,297 acres of public lands in central and eastern Montana and North Dakota. The lawsuit says the agency failed to fully assess the potential harm oil and gas extraction would have on the area's groundwater and ignored cumulative climate impacts.
The challenged . . .