ELR Citation: 41 ELR 20261
No(s). s. 6:09-cv-00037, -00414 (D.N.M. Aug 3, 2011)

A district court held that environmental groups lack standing to challenge BLM's approval of two quarterly oil and gas lease sales under the APA, NEPA, FLPMA, and the Mineral Leasing Act. The groups claimed that BLM failed to meaningfully address the issue of climate change in approving the leases, ...