California v. Stout

The judge that heard an earlier case challenging a 2014 determination declined transfer of the case to his calendar.

California filed a lawsuit in the federal district court for the Central District of California challenging the supplemental environmental impact statement (SEIS) prepared by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) for a resource management plan allowing hydraulic fracturing on 400,000 acres of public lands and 1.2 million acres of federal mineral estate in California. BLM prepared the SEIS to address issues identified by the court in earlier cases. California alleged that the SEIS’s consideration of climate change impacts was inadequate. California contended that the SEIS failed to consider conflicts with state plans and policies, including California’s efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and fossil fuel consumption.