DAKOTA RESOURCE COUNCIL et al v. U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR et al

  1. March 25, 2024

    BLM Adhered To Law In Granting Oil Lease Sales, Judge Rules

    A D.C. federal judge has ruled in favor of the Bureau of Land Management in litigation brought by environmental groups seeking to challenge six oil and gas leases in the western United States, saying the agency did all that it was required to under the National Environmental Policy Act when it approved the lease sales.

  2. February 28, 2024

    Judge Asks When Feds Will Consider Climate In Oil Leases

    A D.C. federal judge on Wednesday voiced frustration at the Bureau of Land Management's inability to account for the total impact of carbon emissions from six western oil and gas leases, but cautioned that previous circuit courts have upheld federal agencies' reluctance to block projects based on climate change predictions.

  3. May 11, 2023

    States, Trade Group Want Oil, Gas Leasing Challenge Axed

    Five states and an oil industry group are backing the federal government in its bid to toss a lawsuit from conservation groups challenging a suite of oil and gas leases in the western United States, telling a D.C. federal judge that the U.S. Bureau of Land Management followed the law in authorizing the June 2022 lease sales.

  4. May 02, 2023

    BLM Fights Enviro Groups' Challenge Of Oil And Gas Leasing

    The U.S. Bureau of Land Management has urged a D.C. federal judge to throw out a suit brought by environmental groups seeking to invalidate more than 150 oil and natural gas leases across seven states, saying the theory that the agency's lease sale authorizations violated federal law "has no basis in the law."

  5. March 10, 2023

    Enviro Groups Want Early Win In Oil & Gas Leasing Suit

    A coalition of environmental groups is pressing a D.C. federal judge to invalidate more than 150 leases for oil and natural gas production that the Biden administration issued last year, saying regulators should have reported their cumulative impact on greenhouse gas emissions.

  6. October 14, 2022

    Energy Trade Group Wants To Join Oil & Gas Leasing Suit

    A trade association representing fossil fuel producers in the western U.S. wants to intervene in litigation challenging more than 150 federal oil and natural gas leases, arguing that its members risk losing "significant" investments in that land if the leases are suspended or vacated.

  7. August 29, 2022

    4 States Want In On Oil & Gas Leasing Fight

    Four states asked a D.C. federal judge to let them join litigation seeking to invalidate oil and gas lease sales for plots within their borders, arguing that crucial state revenues and their authority to regulate drilling are at stake.

  8. June 29, 2022

    Groups Say Western Oil & Gas Leasing Must Evaluate GHGs

    Environmental advocates sued the U.S. Department of the Interior seeking to invalidate the outcomes of upcoming oil and gas lease sales for plots in eight western states, including the opening of bidding Wednesday for parcels in Wyoming.