Fracking

March 16, 2017 | Press Release

Zinke Announces Plan to Axe Fracking Rule

Secretary of Interior directs the Department of Justice to file a motion in the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals announcing that BLM intends to start a new rulemaking process to rescind the rule

March 15, 2017 | Legal Document

Federal Appellants’ Motion To Continue Argument And Hold Case In Abeyance Pending Administrative Action

Wyoming v. Zinke (10th Cir. Nos. 16-8068, 16-8069). On March 9, 2017, this Court ordered BLM to confirm whether its position in these appeals has changed due to the recent change of Administration. For the reasons stated below, BLM respectfully requests this Court to continue the oral argument and hold these appeals in abeyance pending a new rulemaking by BLM.

January 20, 2017 | Feature

What You Need To Know About The Massive Proposed Kalama Gas-to-Methanol Facility

A guide explaining the health and climate risks posed by constructing a massive methanol-producing facility on the banks of the scenic Columbia River near Kalama, Washington.

January 17, 2017 | Press Release

Coalition Sues for Public Access to Fracking Chemical Information

Montana Board of Oil and Gas Conservation continues to needlessly deny landowners and communities access to critical information about chemicals that could pollute water supplies

January 17, 2017 | Legal Document

Legal Document: Coalition Sues for Public Access to Fracking Chemical Information

A coalition of Montana property owners, public health advocates, and conservation groups have filed a legal challenge to the Montana Board of Oil and Gas Conservation’s refusal to grant the public greater access to information about the chemicals used for hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking.”

December 7, 2016 | Press Release

Earthjustice Responde a Scott Pruitt como posible administrador de la Agencia de Protección Ambiental

La ciudadanía no puede permitir que un cabildero de la industria esté a cargo de la calidad del aire y el agua del país

October 19, 2016 | Blog Post

Oil and Gas Threat Map Shows At-Risk Populations

A government bureau wants to open up one million acres of central California land to more fracking, but an Earthjustice lawsuit shows that the bureau needs to think before it acts.

October 5, 2016 | Blog Post

BLM’s Plan For 65 Illegal Leases on White River National Forest Woefully Out of Balance

The Bureau of Land Management’s new plan for dealing with 65 illegally issued oil and gas leases in Colorado's White River National Forest includes the validation of 27 of these illegal leases, with no additional protections.

September 6, 2016 | Press Release: Victory

Legal Victory Overturns Federal Plan to Open 1 Million Acres of California Public Land to Drilling, Fracking

Bureau of Land Management failed to analyze risks of fracking and other dangerous oil and gas extraction techniques when preparing a resource management plan

September 6, 2016 | Legal Document

Legal Document: Legal Victory Overturns Federal Plan to Open 1 Million Acres of California Public Land to Drilling, Fracking

Citing potential threats to water supplies and endangered wildlife, a U.S. district judge overturned a federal plan to open more than 1 million acres of public land and mineral estate in central California to drilling and fracking.

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