Associated Press: A federal judge has approved a settlement requiring the government to suspend oil and gas leases on almost 38,000 acres in Montana because potential climate change impacts were not studied prior to leasing. Erik Schlenker-Goodrich, an attorney involved in the case, says it marks the first time the Bureau of Land Management has agreed to go back and consider if a lease sale could exacerbate climate change. Thursday's order approving the settlement was issued by U.S. District ......
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Mont. drilling leases on hold over climate change
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on March 18th, 2010
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