ELR Citation: 48 ELR 20096
No(s). 16-cv-376 (D.N.M. Jun 14, 2018) (Armijo, J.)

A district court held BLM violated NEPA when it approved 13 oil and gas leases covering 19,788 acres in the Santa Fe National Forest without considering the leases' impacts on climate change. BLM decided an EIS was not warranted based on its FONSI. But BLM failed to take a hard look at the impacts o...