SAN JOSE, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management violated the National Environmental Policy Act when it failed to conduct an environmental impact review of the effects of fracking before it decided to lease 2,700 acres of federal land over the Monterey Shale formation, a California federal magistrate judge concluded in an order released March 31 (Center for Biological Diversity, et al. v. Bureau of Land Management, et al., No. 11-6174, N.D. Calif.; 2013 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 52432)....(read more)![]()
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