ELR Citation: 55 ELR 20092
No(s). 23-5308 (D.C. Cir. Jul 15, 2025)

The D.C. Circuit affirmed dismissal of environmental groups' challenge to BLM's approval of more than 4,000 applications for permits to drill oil and gas wells on public land in the Permian and Powder River Basins. The groups argued BLM violated NEPA by failing to adequately consider the wells' clim...