Groups Seek To Force BLM To Broadly Assess GHGs in Oil & Gas Leasing

Environmental groups are broadening a legal strategy aimed at forcing the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to consider the cumulative greenhouse gas impacts when conducting National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) reviews for individual oil and gas lease sales, charging that BLM is intentionally segmenting leases to downplay their climate effects. One case, pursued by WildEarth Guardians and Physicians for Social Responsibility, was filed against the Obama administration in 2016 regarding leases in Colorado, Utah and Wyoming that the groups charge...