Center for Biological Diversity: Court Halts Drilling on 630 Square Miles of Federal Oil Leases in Key Sage-Grouse Habitat
June 12, 2021
June 12, 2021
BOISE, Idaho, June 12 (TNSPol) -- The Center for Biological Diversity issued the following joint news release:
A federal judge on Wednesday suspended new drilling and fracking on 605 federal oil and gas leases spanning 403,820 acres of greater sage-grouse habitat in Wyoming and Montana.
Magistrate Judge Ronald Bush ruled that the Bureau of Land Management violated federal law by failing to justify its refusal to defer leasing in priority greater sage-grouse habitat, fai . . .
A federal judge on Wednesday suspended new drilling and fracking on 605 federal oil and gas leases spanning 403,820 acres of greater sage-grouse habitat in Wyoming and Montana.
Magistrate Judge Ronald Bush ruled that the Bureau of Land Management violated federal law by failing to justify its refusal to defer leasing in priority greater sage-grouse habitat, fai . . .