Groups: Federal Agencies’ Fracking Lease Sales Violated Law

(July 10, 2020, 1:28 PM EDT) -- ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A Native American environmental group, as well as other advocates for the environment, on July 9 filed a petition in New Mexico federal court contending that the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) violated the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and the Federal Land Policy and Management Act (FLPMA) when it issued hydraulic fracturing leases in the San Juan Basin near Navajo communities (Diné Citizens Against Ruining Our Environment, et al. v. U.S. Bureau of Land Management, et al., No. 20-673, D. N.M.)....

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