Environmental

Court Case Leads Bureau of Land Management to Defer Oil and Gas Leases Covering Over 100,000 Acres in Montana

Western Environmental Law CenterGreat Falls, Montana—(ENEWSPF)—April 26, 2018
Contact: Kyle Tisdel, Western Environmental Law Center

Yesterday, the Bureau of Land Management in Montana deferredall 223 parcels subject to an oil and gas lease sale planned for June 12. The decision to postpone the lease sale results from a court decision last month finding the Miles City (Montana) and Buffalo (Wyoming) Field Office’s Resource Management Plans unlawfully overlooked climate impacts of coal mining and oil and gas…

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