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Reese River Citizens Against Fracking v. Bureau of Land Management

Reese River Citizens Against Fracking v. Bureau of Land Management ↗

3:14-cv-00338United States District of Nevada (D. Nev.)2 entries
Filing Date
Type
Action Taken
Document
Summary
09/08/2014
Decision
Order issued.
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The court rejected a request for a preliminary injunction and also sua sponte dismissed the lawsuit. The court concluded that it had no subject matter jurisdiction because there had been no final agency action since although BLM had conducted the lease sale, it had not yet decided whether to issue the leases.
06/27/2014
Complaint
Complaint filed.
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A group of owners of farming and ranching land, water rights, and grazing rights in Nevada filed an action in the federal district court for the District of Nevada challenging the U.S. Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM’s) decision to lease 230,989 acres of public lands for oil and gas development. The group alleged that BLM had not fulfilled its obligations under the National Environmental Policy Act. Among the allegations of shortcomings in the environmental review was BLM’s alleged failure to consider greenhouse gas emissions associated with the lease sale and the sale’s impact on climate change. In particular, plaintiff said BLM should have considered the impact of methane releases from exploration and production activities and greenhouse gas emissions from the addition of more fossil fuels.