oil and gas

Oil & Gas Leases in Sage-Grouse Habitat

Oil & Gas Leases in Sage-Grouse Habitat

Case: Western Watersheds Project and Center for Biological Diversity v. Ryan K. Zinke, David Bernhardt; and BLM

January 17, 2025 — Advocates for the West won a victory upholding our Phase One win in this case. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit held that the first Trump administration illegally approved hundreds of oil and gas leases on public lands and prohibited any further development of those leases. The leases […]

Oil and Gas Lease Sales Near Bears Ears National Monument

Oil and Gas Lease Sales Near Bears Ears National Monument

Case: Friends of Cedar Mesa v. U.S. Department of Interior, Bureau of Land Management, and Kent Hoffman

August 15, 2024 — Chief Administrative Judge Silvia Riechel Idziorek granted our motion to intervene in appeals the State of Utah, San Juan County, and Kirkwood Oil & Gas. July 12, 2024 — Advocates for the West filed a motion to intervene in appeals by the State of Utah, San Juan County, and Kirkwood Oil […]