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September 12, 2019

Lawsuit: Climate change impacts ignored in gas leases

SALT LAKE CITY (Associated Press) — A coalition of environmental organizations allege in a new lawsuit that the U.S. government failed to adequately analyze climate change impacts while approving 130 oil and gas leases in Utah.

The lawsuit filed Thursday accuses Bureau of Land Management officials of violating the National Environmental Policy Act in approving leases on about 274 square miles (710 square kilometers) of land in rural Utah from 2014 to 2018.

Bureau of Land Management spokeswoman Kimberly Finch declined comment since it’s a pending lawsuit.

The lawsuit accuses the agency of “dutifully” implementing President Donald Trump’s push to ramp up oil and gas drilling on public lands.

Click here to read the press release from Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance, Center for Biological Diversity and Living Rivers/Colorado Rivekeeper

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