An oil and gas development plan backed by the Trump administration that would allow fracking across 35,000 acres of Colorado’s Western Slope has been cut short by a federal judge.
- A coalition of environment advocacy groups, including Citizens for a Healthy Community, Center for Biological Diversity and WildEarth Guardians, had accused the Bureau of Land Management and US Forest Service in a lawsuit of violating federal law by inadequately analyzing the plan’s environmental impacts such as greenhouse gas emissions
- US District Judge
Marcia Krieger on Friday canceled the plan and sent the matter back to the agencies for further consideration ...