U.S. Bureau of Land Management Violated NEPA When Selling Oil and Gas Leases in California
Legal Planet: Environmental Law and Policy 2013-04-09
Summary:
On April 8th, a federal judge ruled that the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) violated the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) by failing to take the necessary “hard look” at the impact of hydraulic fracturing when it sold oil and gas leases in California. The Northern District of California Court found that when BLM sold [...]