Environmentalists' Novel Ozone Suit Aims To Overturn BLM Drilling Leases

Environmentalists are pursuing a novel lawsuit seeking to scrap dozens of oil and gas drilling leases on public land in Colorado granted by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM), claiming BLM failed to conduct sufficient emissions analysis of the leases that the environmentalists claim will worsen ozone problems around Denver. In the suit , filed Dec. 21 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado, WildEarth Guardians says BLM's grant of the leases will violate Colorado's state...