ELR Citation: 44 ELR 20069
No(s). 1:11-cv-1481 (D.D.C. Mar 31, 2014) (Leon, J.)

A district court held that environmental groups' NEPA and FLPMA claims against BLM in connection with its decision to lease two coal tracts in Wyoming's Powder River Basin lack merit. The groups alleged that BLM violated the statutes because the agency failed to adequately consider the impacts on lo...