The Bureau of Land Management delayed three oil and gas lease sales for the second time this month to complete environmental reviews and 'allow time for protest resolution.'
multiple oil and gas lease sales a second time late last week amid an ongoing protest from environmental groups opposing the sales.
"The date for this sale has shifted slightly to complete the analyses required under the National Environmental Policy Act and allow time for protest resolution," the BLM said in its announcements Friday. "Greenhouse gas pollution resulting only from existing federal fossil fuel development and potential development from leases and drilling permits already issued but not yet under production, would contribute to catastrophic climate change and unnecessary and undue degradation to the atmosphere and other public lands values that BLM is legally obligated to protect," a coalition of 13 environmental groups wrote in a May 18 protest filing challenging the Nevada sale.
The groups, led by the Western Environmental Law Center, argued the administration wasn’t legally required to hold the sales as it had argued and that it would need to conduct an extensive environmental review before proceeding. The Sierra Club joined that coalition and filed a second protest.
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