April 26, 2022
Utah, Wyoming and the American Petroleum Institute are fighting a settlement agreement that would see the Bureau of Land Management voluntarily revisit past lease sale decisions, arguing the BLM can't unilaterally introduce uncertainty for oil and gas operators to appease conservation groups who filed suit too late.
April 12, 2022
The U.S. government asked a D.C. federal court Monday to throw out allegations that it didn't properly consider the environmental impact of oil and gas drilling leases before selling land in the Rocky Mountain West, having agreed last month to examine those effects more closely.
March 04, 2022
The U.S. government has agreed to take a new look at the environmental impacts of dozens of oil and gas lease sales in the Rocky Mountain West, according to multiple settlements filed Friday.
August 02, 2021
The Biden administration wants to take a new look at the environmental reviews for previously approved oil and gas lease sales in Utah and Colorado, telling a D.C. federal court that it is likely the analysis will be substantiated and that vacatur isn't necessary.
November 16, 2020
The Bureau of Land Management can't issue new drilling permits on federal land in Wyoming until it takes a good look at the environmental impacts of leases there, a federal judge ruled in a win for environmental groups including WildEarth Guardians.
March 20, 2019
A D.C. federal judge has halted the Bureau of Land Management from authorizing new oil and gas drilling on roughly 300,000 acres of land in Wyoming until the government goes back and takes a closer look at how it will impact climate change.
November 23, 2016
A D.C. federal judge on Wednesday allowed three energy industry trade associations to intervene in an environmental group's suit challenging the U.S. Department of the Interior's approval of nearly 400 leases that allow drilling and fracking on public lands across three western states.
August 25, 2016
WildEarth Guardians and Physicians for Social Responsibility sued the U.S. Department of the Interior and its Bureau of Land Management in D.C. federal court on Thursday, claiming that the approval of nearly 400 leases that allow for drilling and fracking on public lands across three western states flouted environmental law.