December 05, 2017
The Bureau of Land Management on Monday said that it will appeal to the Ninth Circuit an October ruling from a California federal magistrate judge that reactivated Obama-era regulations limiting methane gas emissions on public lands.
October 04, 2017
A California federal judge on Wednesday reactivated Obama-era regulations limiting methane gas emissions on public lands, finding that the U.S. Bureau of Land Management didn't have authority to cease enforcing a rule that was already in effect without going the through proper administrative channels.
September 25, 2017
The U.S. Bureau of Land Management violated the Administrative Procedure Act when it delayed Obama-era regulations limiting methane gas emissions on public lands, environmentalists and tribal groups told a California federal judge at a hearing Monday.
July 05, 2017
The attorneys general from California and New Mexico filed suit in California federal court on Wednesday claiming that the U.S. Bureau of Land Management is illegally delaying an Obama-era regulation aimed at halting methane waste on public land, after the U.S. Senate voted against repealing the rule earlier this year.