Chevron Urges Judge to Toss New Mexico Drilling Permits Suit

Conservation groups failed to show how permits to drill in New Mexico’s Permian Basin will cause them harm or contribute to global climate change, and therefore, their claims challenging the permits must be dismissed, Chevron USA Inc. plans to tell a federal judge in Washington, D.C.

The Center for Biological Diversity and WildEarth Guardians say the Bureau of Land Management failed to fully study the effects of drilling in New Mexico and Wyoming on the climate, environmental justice communities, and protected species. But those groups lack standing to challenge applications for permits to drill in the Permian Basin, especially the ...