Judge:  Agencies Did Not Violate Law When They Issued New Mexico Fracking Leases

Mealey's (November 23, 2020, 1:35 PM EST) -- ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A federal judge in New Mexico on Nov. 19 reiterated his dismissal of a lawsuit brought by an environmental group opposing federal leases for hydraulic fracturing, ruling that the secretary of the Interior and the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) did not violate any federal laws when the BLM approved the leases (WildEarth Guardians v. David Bernhardt, et al., No. 19-505, D. N.M.)....