Approval of oil leases in New Mexico prompts legal challenge
2 years, 1 month ago

Approval of oil leases in New Mexico prompts legal challenge

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. They contend in a complaint filed Wednesday that the federal government is going back on its word by clearing the way for oil and gas development on federal lands near Chaco Culture National Historical Park. The Bureau of Land Management said Thursday that the parcels in question are outside an informal 10-mile buffer zone around Chaco park that the agency has observed for years. Federal land managers are currently assessing the proposal, although Navajo Nation officials have argued for a smaller area to be protected because the tribe and its citizens benefit economically from oil and gas development. Archaeologists and leaders of New Mexico pueblos with ancestral ties to the Chaco area also have concerns about damaging culturally significant sites that are outside the park's boundaries and the buffer zone.

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Energy interests and environmentalists fight Biden oil lease plan from different sides
1 year, 3 months ago

Energy interests and environmentalists fight Biden oil lease plan from different sides

Associated Press  

NEW ORLEANS — The Biden administration’s plan to protect an endangered species of whale by scaling back an auction of oil and gas drilling leases in the Gulf of Mexico is being challenged by the oil industry, even as environmentalists go to court to stop the lease sale altogether. The conflicting federal lawsuits, one filed Thursday in Louisiana by oil …

Biden orders 20-year ban on oil, gas drilling to protect tribal sites outside New Mexico’s Chaco
1 year, 6 months ago

Biden orders 20-year ban on oil, gas drilling to protect tribal sites outside New Mexico’s Chaco

Associated Press  

SANTA FE, N.M. — Hundreds of square miles in New Mexico will be withdrawn from further oil and gas production for the next 20 years on the outskirts of Chaco Culture National Historical Park that tribal communities consider sacred, the Biden administration ordered Friday. “Today marks an important step in fulfilling President Biden’s commitments to Indian Country, by protecting Chaco …

Suit challenges review underlying Alaska oil lease sale
2 years ago

Suit challenges review underlying Alaska oil lease sale

Associated Press  

JUNEAU, Alaska — Environmental groups on Wednesday sued the Biden administration over next week’s planned lease sale in Alaska’s Cook Inlet, saying the sale, mandated by Congress, is based on a faulty environmental review. Interior Department in May said it would not move forward with the proposed Cook Inlet sale due to a “lack of industry interest,” according to the …

Environmental law groups sue Biden administration to block 3,500 oil and gas drilling permits
2 years, 6 months ago

Environmental law groups sue Biden administration to block 3,500 oil and gas drilling permits

CNN  

CNN — Three environmental law groups have sued the Biden administration in an attempt to block more than 3,500 permit applications from energy companies to drill for oil and gas on public lands. Citing the severity of the climate crisis, the Center for Biological Diversity, the Western Environmental Law Center and the WildEarth Guardians are trying to stop oil and …

Judge halts oil and gas leases in Gulf of Mexico; the largest offshore auction in U.S. history
2 years, 10 months ago

Judge halts oil and gas leases in Gulf of Mexico; the largest offshore auction in U.S. history

Salon  

On Thursday, a federal judge threw out the Department of Interior's decision to lease more than 80 million acres in the Gulf of Mexico for oil and gas production — the largest offshore auction in U.S. history. In a lawsuit filed by Earthjustice and others, the groups argued that the environmental analysis conducted under the Trump administration violated the National …

US: Oil, gas leases on hold around New Mexico’s Chaco park
3 years, 1 month ago

US: Oil, gas leases on hold around New Mexico’s Chaco park

Associated Press  

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — New oil and gas leasing within 10 miles of Chaco Culture National Historical Park will be prohibited for the next two years as officials consider a proposal to withdraw federal land in the area from development for a 20-year period, the U.S. Department of Interior said Monday. The announcement came as environmentalists, some Native American tribes and …

AP sources: Biden to pause oil and gas sales on public lands
3 years, 10 months ago

AP sources: Biden to pause oil and gas sales on public lands

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden is set to announce a wide-ranging moratorium on new oil and gas leasing on U.S. lands and waters, as his administration moves quickly to reverse Trump administration policies on energy and the environment and address climate change. The move follows a 60-day suspension of new drilling permits for U.S. lands and waters announced last week …

Biden halts oil and gas leases, permits on US land and water
3 years, 11 months ago

Biden halts oil and gas leases, permits on US land and water

Associated Press  

— The Biden administration announced Thursday a 60-day suspension of new oil and gas leasing and drilling permits for U.S. lands and waters, as officials moved quickly to reverse Trump administration policies on energy and the environment. It follows Democratic President Joe Biden’s campaign pledge to halt new drilling on federal lands and end the leasing of publicly owned energy …

Oil companies lock in drilling, challenging Biden on climate
3 years, 11 months ago

Oil companies lock in drilling, challenging Biden on climate

The Independent  

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Oil companies lock in drilling, challenging Biden on climate
3 years, 11 months ago

Oil companies lock in drilling, challenging Biden on climate

Associated Press  

— In the closing months of the Trump administration, energy companies stockpiled enough drilling permits for western public lands to keep pumping oil for years and undercut President-elect Joe Biden’s plans to curb new drilling because of climate change, according to public records and industry analysts. In Wyoming’s Thunder Basin National Grassland, a prairie expanse that abounds with wildlife and …

US plans oil, gas lease sale in Alaska's Arctic refuge
4 years ago

US plans oil, gas lease sale in Alaska's Arctic refuge

The Independent  

Sign up for the Independent Women email for the latest news, opinion and features Get the Independent Women email for free Get the Independent Women email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The U.S. Bureau of Land Management plans to hold an oil and …

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