Lawsuit Cites ‘Cumulative’ Harms To Halt BLM Drilling Permits In California

Environmentalists’ latest federal lawsuit to block oil and gas drilling on public land in central California alleges that the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is failing to properly assess cumulative environmental harms, including air and climate pollution increases, from multiple drilling projects for which the bureau is approving permits. “We’re going back to court for what are now becoming routine violations and disregard of our country’s laws and California’s Valley communities,” argued Michelle Ghafar, an Earthjustice attorney who is representing...