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The Bureau of Land Management has never analyzed the cumulative harms of its oil and gas well approvals on nearby communities and the environment in California’s San Joaquin Valley.

Coalition condemns Bureau of Land Management’s decision to continue granting new oil and gas wells in the heavily-polluted San Joaquin Valley

This case challenges the U.S. Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) decision to continue approving drilling permits for new oil and gas wells on public land in the San Joaquin Valley, California, without accounting for the cumulative impacts of BLM’s expansion of oil and gas drilling, and without providing for meaningful input from the communities most impacted by its permitting decisions.

The challenge seeks to halt BLM’s unlawful permit approvals for drilling oil and gas wells that would disproportionately harm San Joaquin Valley communities

This case challenges the U.S. Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) approval of drilling permits for new oil wells on public land in the San Joaquin Valley, California, without accounting for the air quality, groundwater, public health, and climate impacts of BLM’s continued expansion of oil and gas drilling, and without providing for meaningful input from the communities most impacted by its permitting decisions.

San Joaquin Valley Communities face disproportionate harms from the air, water, and climate pollution worsened by fossil fuel extraction.

Letter re: the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) failure to comply with federal law in issuing oil and gas drilling permits on public land in California to officials of BLM, Department of the Interior, and the Environmental Protection Agency.

New oil and gas leasing on public lands in California will be suspended, advancing efforts by public interest groups to protect community health and the climate from fossil fuels