WildEarth Guardians: Federal Judge Overturns Sale of Colorado Public Lands for Fracking
October 01, 2021
October 01, 2021
DENVER, Colorado, Oct. 1 (TNSPol) -- WildEarth Guardians issued the following news release:
A federal judge this week overturned a U.S. Bureau of Land Management decision to sell 58,000 acres of public land in western Colorado for oil and gas extraction, agreeing with conservation groups that fracking and drilling will worsen air quality in a region where smog levels have exceeded federal pollution standards and threaten public health.
"The court's decision sends y . . .
A federal judge this week overturned a U.S. Bureau of Land Management decision to sell 58,000 acres of public land in western Colorado for oil and gas extraction, agreeing with conservation groups that fracking and drilling will worsen air quality in a region where smog levels have exceeded federal pollution standards and threaten public health.
"The court's decision sends y . . .