April 24, 2018
A New Mexico federal judge on Monday rejected all challenges by environmental groups and a Navajo tribal group seeking to block the Bureau of Land Management from allowing further drilling in New Mexico's Mancos Shale, after originally saying the groups' National Historic Preservation Act allegations had merit.
July 31, 2017
Environmental groups continued to push a federal court Friday to hand them a quick win in their lawsuit challenging the U.S. Bureau of Land Management's green light for more than 350 permits to drill in New Mexico's Mancos Shale formation by undoing the approvals and blocking further drilling in the area.
June 26, 2017
The oil industry urged a federal court Friday to reject environmental groups' bid for a quick win in their challenge to the U.S. Bureau of Land Management's approval of more than 350 permits to drill in New Mexico's Mancos Shale formation.
May 01, 2017
Environmentalists and a Navajo tribal group urged a New Mexico federal court Friday to block the Bureau of Land Management from carrying out any further drilling in New Mexico's Mancos Shale in their challenge to more than 350 previously issued drilling permits, saying the agency hasn't completed the proper environmental reviews or public consultations under the National Environmental Policy Act.
September 17, 2015
A federal judge on Wednesday rejected a bid by environmentalists and a Navajo tribal group to hold development on drilling permits in the Mancos Shale pending appeal, paving the way for the groups to bring their injunction bid to the Tenth Circuit.
August 17, 2015
A federal judge on Friday rejected a bid by environmentalists and a Navajo tribal group to prevent the U.S. Department of the Interior from issuing drilling permits in the Mancos Shale, saying they likely won't succeed in their suit alleging drilling is destroying a culturally sensitive region of New Mexico.
June 03, 2015
A New Mexico federal judge on Tuesday approved an unopposed bid from ConocoPhillips Co., BP PLC, and other oil and gas companies to intervene in the U.S. Department of the Interior's dispute with environmentalists and a Navajo tribal group over permits to drill in the Mancos Shale.
May 12, 2015
A Navajo tribal group and environmentalists on Monday urged a New Mexico federal judge to bar the U.S. Department of the Interior from approving any more permits to drill in the Mancos Shale, arguing the activity will destroy the culturally sensitive area.
March 11, 2015
At least 130 permits for hydraulic fracturing in the Greater Chaco region of northwestern New Mexico were unlawfully issued by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management, environmentalists and a Native American advocacy group alleged in New Mexico federal court on Wednesday.