December 12, 2017
California and New Mexico on Monday urged a Wyoming federal judge to deny a bid by several other states and industry groups to undo the U.S. Bureau of Land Management's rule aimed at limiting the release of methane from drilling operations on federal and Native American lands.
October 12, 2017
The American Petroleum Institute told a Wyoming federal court Thursday that the Bureau of Land Management's rule aimed at limiting the venting and flaring of methane from drilling operations on federal and tribal lands relied heavily on a warped and radical definition of "waste."
March 21, 2017
The state of Texas asked for permission Tuesday to join a Wyoming federal court case in which three western states and two industry groups are challenging a new Bureau of Land Management rule aimed at limiting the release of methane from drilling operations on federal and Native American lands.
January 17, 2017
Three Western states and industry groups lost a bid Monday to block a Bureau of Land Management rule aimed at limiting methane releases from drilling operations on federal and Native American lands from taking effect Tuesday while a Wyoming federal judge hears the merits of the case.
December 22, 2016
California and New Mexico on Wednesday urged a Wyoming federal court to reject a bid by other states to block implementation of a new Bureau of Land Management rule aimed at limiting the release of methane from drilling operations on federal and Native American lands, the same day the court granted a bid from the two states to intervene in the case.
December 16, 2016
The federal government urged a Wyoming federal court Thursday to reject a bid by states and industry groups to block implementation of a new Bureau of Land Management rule aimed at limiting the release of methane from drilling operations on federal and Native American lands.
December 09, 2016
A federal magistrate judge has allowed a slew of environmental groups to join a lawsuit that seeks to block a new Bureau of Land Management rule aimed at limiting the release of methane from drilling operations on federal and Native American lands.
November 29, 2016
Wyoming and Montana asked a Wyoming federal judge Monday to halt new Bureau of Land Management rules aimed at limiting the release of methane from drilling operations on federal and Native American lands until the states' lawsuit over the legality of the rules is decided.
November 21, 2016
Oil- and gas-rich Wyoming and Montana petitioned a Wyoming federal court on Friday to block the Bureau of Land Management's attempt to limit the release of methane during drilling operations on federal and Native American lands, arguing the bureau had overstepped its authority.