January 05, 2016
A Wyoming federal judge has refused to split or speed up the legal battle over the U.S. Bureau of Land Management's right to regulate hydraulic fracturing on federal and tribal lands, saying that there's no justification for proceeding in piecemeal fashion.
December 21, 2015
The U.S. Bureau of Land Management on Friday urged a Wyoming federal judge to speed up a legal battle over its right to regulate fracking on federal lands by isolating that question from others in the case.
December 17, 2015
The Wyoming federal judge who blocked the U.S. Department of the Interior’s new fracking rule denied environmental groups' request that he quickly make a final ruling and expedite an appeal, saying Thursday it would be unfair to opponents of the regulations.
Correction: A previous version of the article misidentified the party that made the motion for consolidation. The error has been corrected.
December 11, 2015
North Dakota and other states opposing the U.S. Department of the Interior's now-delayed new rule barring fracking on public lands urged a Wyoming federal judge on Thursday not to hurry his decision on whether the agency is legally permitted to regulate fracking.
December 10, 2015
The U.S. Department of the Interior said Thursday it lodged an appeal with the Tenth Circuit challenging a Wyoming federal judge's September preliminary injunction barring enforcement of its new fracking rules until a legal dispute over the regulation's legitimacy plays out.
December 07, 2015
Environmental groups pushing for a quick resolution in a suit over controversial new hydraulic fracturing regulations on federal and tribal lands told a Wyoming federal court Monday that their adversaries — energy-producing states and oil and petroleum companies — have failed to identify how they could be disadvantaged by a ruling in their favor.
November 30, 2015
The U.S. Bureau of Land Management urged a Wyoming federal judge Monday to quickly resolve a suit challenging its fracking rules for federal and tribal land, but if not, to keep the case moving while environmental groups separately pursue an appeal of his preliminary order blocking the rules.
November 16, 2015
Environmental groups asked a Wyoming federal judge Monday to consolidate his September order preliminarily blocking the U.S. Department of Interior's new hydraulic fracturing rules with a final judgment on the merits of challenges to the rules, so they can immediately appeal the decision.
October 01, 2015
In blocking the U.S. Bureau of Land Management's new rules governing fracking on federal and tribal land on Wednesday, a Wyoming federal judge recognized both the growing role tribes play in shaping federal regulations and agencies' duty to abide by their own policies requiring tribal consultation, experts say.
September 30, 2015
The U.S. Bureau of Land Management's new rules governing fracking on federal and tribal land took another hit Wednesday when a Wyoming federal judge granted a preliminary injunction that bars enforcement of the rules until the legal dispute plays out.