Environment Groups Seek Decision in Wyoming Oil Lease Challenge

Two environmental groups filed a motion for summary judgment in a lawsuit challenging a 2022 oil and gas lease sale in Wyoming held by the Interior Department’s Bureau of Land Management.

The Wilderness Society and Friends of the Earth contend the bureau violated the National Environmental Policy Act when it held the June 2022 Wyoming oil and gas lease sale with minimal environmental review. The lawsuit, Wilderness Society v. Haaland, was filed in June in US District Court for the District of Columbia.

The sale was conducted alongside sales in Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, Nevada, and New Mexico after ...