Judge: BLM Must Consider Climate Impact in Gas Leases

Albuquerque Journal

A federal judge in New Mexico set aside oil and gas leases on more than 19,000 acres in the Santa Fe National Forest and ordered the Bureau of Land Management to conduct further analysis. The judge said federal law requires BLM to consider the “downstream” and cumulative impacts on climate change of the use of the fuel produced from oil and gas leases on public lands.

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