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Litigation

WildEarth Guardians v. United States Bureau of Land Management

Date
2012
Geography
District of Columbia
Part of
WildEarth Guardians v. United States Bureau of Land Management

About this case

Filing year
2012
Status
Memorandum opinion issued.
Geography
Docket number
1:12-cv-00708-RCL
Court/admin entity
United States → United States Federal Courts → D.D.C.
Case category
Federal Statutory Claims → NEPA
Principal law
United States → National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)
At issue
Challenge to coal mining on 2,000 acres of federal grassland in Wyoming.

Documents

Filing Date
Type
Action Taken
Document
Summary
02/13/2013
Decision
Memorandum opinion issued.
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A federal district court in the District of Columbia granted the Bureau of Land Management’s motion to transfer a case involving challenges to coal leases to Wyoming, holding that the case could have been brought in Wyoming and public interests weighed decisively in favor of transfer.
05/02/2012
Complaint
Complaint filed.
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An environmental nonprofit group filed a lawsuit against BLM alleging that the agency’s authorization of four large coal leases in the Power River Basin without fully analyzing the climate change impacts of increased carbon dioxide emissions in violation of NEPA.  According to the complaint, collectively, the four leases have the potential to produce more than 1.8 billion tons of coal, resulting in over three billion metric tons of carbon dioxide emissions.

Summary

Challenge to coal mining on 2,000 acres of federal grassland in Wyoming.