Environmental

Interior Secretary Asked to Revoke Oklahoma Oil, Gas Leases

Oklahoma City-(ENEWSPF)- The Center for Biological Diversity today requested that the Bureau of Land Management pull 11 public fossil fuel leases sold last month in Oklahoma and Kansas over concerns that fracking and underground injection of oil wastewater could increase the risk of earthquakes in these areas, threatening the physical safety and homes of tens of thousands of residents.

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In today’s letterto Interior Secretary Sally Jewell, the conservation group called on the BLM to…

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