Context is Crucial in Examining BLM’s Proposed Rule for Fracking On Federal Land
On the President’s first day in office, January 20, the White House released Executive Order 14153, titled “Unleashing Alaska’s Extraordinary Resource Potential” (the “Alaska EO”). The Alaska EO states that: The State of...more
We have previously discussed the State of Alaska’s challenge to the Bureau of Land Management’s Conservation and Landscape Health Rule, also known as the “Public Lands Rule.” Seeking to defend the rule, which treats...more
Under the Bureau of Land Management’s recently promulgated Conservation and Landscape Health Rule, 43 C.F.R. §§ 6100-6103.2, the BLM must seek to achieve “ecosystem resilience,” which encapsulates an ecosystem’s ability to...more
The Ninth Circuit held that a 2012 Environmental Impact Statement that provided a programmatic-level analysis for management of lands in the Alaska National Petroleum Reserve could also be used as the site-specific analysis...more