Bureau of Land Management Trims Environmental Review Before $20 Million Oil and Gas Lease Sale

Inside Climate News · By Marianne Lavelle · last updated February 20, 2025 – 2:38 PM

Environmental justice concerns and climate costs were eliminated from assessment as the Trump administration seeks to overhaul its handling of the National Environmental Policy Act.

By Marianne Lavelle

After stripping consideration of environmental justice issues and climate costs from its final analysis of the project, President Donald Trump’s administration opened one of its first sales of oil and gas leases on federal land Thursday.

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