A group of environmentalist activists is suing the Biden administration to vacate over 3,500 oil and gas drilling permits already approved in two states, despite rising fuel costs and a national energy crisis.
The lawsuit was filed Wednesday by two wildlife conservation activist groups, the Center for Biological Diversity and WildEarth Guardians, and the environmental activist law firm Western Environmental Law Center.
The groups have sued the Department of the Interior, Interior Secretary Deb Haaland, and the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Director Tracy Stone-Manning. The suit seeks to halt the approval of more than 3,500 permits in the Permian Basin in New Mexico and the Powder River Basin in Wyoming, claiming the approved permits violate environmental
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