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Interior Defends Water, Climate Analysis of Wyoming Oil Leasing

Federal officials thoroughly considered the effects of fracking on groundwater and climate change in 2022 when the Bureau of Land Management leased a large swath of federal land in Wyoming for oil and gas development, the Interior Department said in a court filing Thursday.

The agency filed the brief to support its May motion for summary judgment in a federal lawsuit filed in the US District Court for the District of Columbia by two environmental groups challenging the lease sale. The state of Wyoming filed a cross-motion for summary judgment in May.

The Wilderness Society and Friends of the Earth ...

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