Wilderness Society v. U.S. Department of Interior

ELR Citation: 54 ELR 20109
No(s). 22-cv-1871 (CRC) (D.D.C. Jul 16, 2024) (Cooper, J.)

A district court enjoined BLM from approving new applications for a permit to drill or authorizing new surface disturbance on lease parcels in conservation groups' challenge to the Bureau's decision to auction roughly 120,000 acres of public land in Wyoming for oil and gas development. The court pre...