Topic: Bureau Of Land Management

Groups protest 234 square miles of planned oil and gas leases in Montana, DakotasEnvironmental groups on Tuesday sought to cancel the December sale of oil and gas leases on more than 234 square miles of public lands in Montana, North Dakota and ...
BLM to resume oil, gas lease sales in Dakotas, Montana; environmental groups threaten lawsuitFederal oil and gas lease sales in the Dakotas and Montana will resume in December, more than six months after the Bureau of Land Management halted bids because of ...
Monsanto Co. to spend extra $10 million to ease environmental concerns over planned Idaho mineThe company behind a proposed phosphate mine in eastern Idaho plans to invest an additional $10 million into the project to address environmental concerns raised during a public ...

BrightSource CSP Project Close to Approval

California The California-based concentrating solar power (CSP) developer BrightSource Energy had a couple big announcements in the last week. The first came when the California Energy Commission's siting committee gave its approval of BrightSource's 392-MW Ivanpah power plant in the Mojave Desert. ...
Environmental group files lawsuit hoping to block Wyoming-to-Oregon pipelineAn environmental group that wants to block construction of a $3 billion gas pipeline from Wyoming to Oregon filed a lawsuit Friday, saying the pipeline will cut across pristine land and harm endangered fish.The ...
Environmental groups sue in Washington, D.C., over BLM plan allowing Wyoming drillingFive environmental groups have filed a lawsuit challenging a long-range U.S. Bureau of Land Management plan that will guide oil and gas development over a vast area in south-central Wyoming.The groups ...
Thousands comment on proposed Monsanto mine where company would dig for key Roundup ingredientA proposed Monsanto Co. phosphate mine slated to produce ingredients for Roundup weedkiller generated nearly 7,000 public comments, including from a former U.S. Interior secretary who urges its approval ...
Appeals court blocks land swap between BLM and miner Asarco, citing bad environmental analysisA federal appeals court ruled Monday that a proposed land exchange between the federal Bureau of Land Management and copper miner Asarco LLC violates environmental laws.The ruling in the ...

BLM responds to residentsÕ anger

Direct comments will be allowed at follow-up meeting this month on Amargosa Valley solar power project The Bureau of Land Management is scrambling to accommodate angry Nevadans who were not allowed to speak directly to the people planning a controversial solar power ...
Despite legacy of pollution, Monsanto seeks federal backing for new mine; activists skepticalAs it races to replenish phosphate supplies for its weed-killing cash machine Roundup, Monsanto Co. insists its history of polluting southeastern Idaho's high country shouldn't prevent it from digging fresh ...
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