ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

DECEMBER 11, 2020

Federal Court Found Flaws in New Climate Change Analysis for Wyoming Oil and Gas Leases. BLM approved these leases prior to the court’s decision in March 2019 (also noted in the Feature Case, above) finding that BLM’s analysis of the climate change impacts of certain other oil and gas leases in Wyoming was insufficient.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

MARCH 6, 2018

California Federal Court Barred BLM from Enforcing Delay of Oil and Natural Gas Waste Prevention Rule; States, Trade Groups Asked Wyoming Court to Expedite Review of Rule and Suspend Deadlines. The court also denied motions to transfer the action to the District of Wyoming, where a challenge to the Waste Prevention Rule is pending.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

JANUARY 13, 2021

Zinke , where the court held that BLM failed to adequately analyze greenhouse gas emissions and climate change impacts of oil and gas leases in Wyoming. The plaintiffs alleged that BLM recognized, based on WildEarth Guardians v. Indigenous Environmental Network v. Bureau of Land Management , No. 4:20-cv-00115 (D. filed Dec.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

As Compliance Date for Methane Waste Rule Nears, California Federal Court Ruled That BLM Could Not Postpone Compliance, Oil and Gas Trade Groups Again Asked Wyoming Federal Court for Preliminary Injunction. On October 4 , the federal district court for the Northern District of California vacated the U.S. Department of Interior , No.

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