Tag: US Bureau of Land Management
Gas, oil drilling rules blocked while lawsuit from states, groups advances
Wyoming judge says BLM doesn’t have authority to impose gas, oil drilling rules CHEYENNE, Wyo. – A judge on Wednesday blocked new nationwide regulations for oil and gas drilling on federal lands from taking effect while a lawsuit moves ahead, pointing to a law that prohibits the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency from regulating hydraulic fracturing. Just because […]
After sage grouse protections rejected, land use plans become focus
Strict oil and gas limits imposed on 12 million acres of prime sage grouse habitat BILLINGS, Mont. – Before the applause faded from the U.S. government’s announcement that there would be no endangered species protections for the greater sage grouse, the criticism began over wide-reaching federal conservation plans meant to protect the bird’s habitat across 11 Western […]
Land Management Bureau understaffed, backlog of inspections for high risk oil, gas wells
Land Management Bureau working on flaring guidelines WASHINGTON – The U.S. Bureau of Land Management lacks sufficient resources to inspect high-risk oil and gas wells on federal land as a drilling boom continues in Wyoming, Colorado and other states, Interior Secretary Sally Jewell said Tuesday. The Obama administration has proposed a fee on oil and gas drillers that […]
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