Wildearth Guardians v. Zinke

ELR Citation: 49 ELR 20041
No(s). 16-1724 (RC) (D.D.C. Mar 19, 2019) (Contreras, J.)

A district court granted in part environmental groups' motion for summary judgment in a challenge to BLM authorization of oil and gas leasing on federal land in Colorado, Utah, and Wyoming. The groups argued that the EAs and FONSIs issued violated NEPA because BLM failed to take a "hard look" at the...