WASHINGTON, July 1 (TNStalk) -- Friends of the Earth issued the following statement on June 30, 2022: * * * The Biden administration kicked off its first onshore oil and gas leases sales with bidding beginning in Wyoming. This marks the first of five planned public lands lease sales across Wyoming, New Mexico, Nevada, Colorado and Montana. The Bureau of Land Management currently has no legal obligation to hold these lease sales, and this action is in direct contradiction to Biden's campaign p more PR

WASHINGTON, July 1 (TNStalk)(TNSres) -- Public Citizen issued the following statement on June 30, 2022: * * * The U.S. Department of the Interior is scheduled today to complete its first auction of leases on public lands for oil and gas drilling. The auctions of more than 128,000 acres in Wyoming, Montana, Colorado, Nevada, and New Mexico came about one year after a federal judge ordered the Biden administration to end a pause on leasing put in place since the start of 2021. In a report relea more PR

WASHINGTON, June 29 (TNStalk) -- The Sierra Club issued the following statement on June 28, 2022: * * * The Bureau of Land Management will be issuing oil and gas leases on more than 200 square miles of public lands in Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota and Oklahoma starting on June 29, 2022. In response, Sierra Club's Director of Lands, Water and Wildlife Dan Ritzman released released the following statement: "We cannot effectively combat the climate crisis wh more PR

WASHINGTON, July 1 (TNSreact) -- The Sierra Club issued the following news release on June 29, 2022: Climate and conservation groups filed a lawsuit late Tuesday challenging the Biden administration's resumption of oil and gas leasing on public lands today -- the first auctions since the president paused leasing shortly after taking office. The lawsuit challenges the U.S. Bureau of Land Management's approval of oil and gas lease sales this week across 128,510 acres of public land in Colorado, more PR

DENVER, Colorado, June 30 (TNSreact) -- The Western Energy Alliance issued the following news release on June 29, 2022: Western Energy Alliance today responded to the Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) onshore oil and natural gas lease sale in Wyoming and legal maneuvers by Keep-It-in-the-Ground environmental groups led by WildEarth Guardians that want to stop all federal oil and natural gas leasing and development. The following statement is attributable to Alliance president Kathleen Sgamma.  more PR

HAILEY, Idaho, June 30 (TNSreact) -- The Western Watersheds Project issued the following news release on June 29, 2022: Climate and conservation groups filed a lawsuit late Tuesday challenging the Biden administration's resumption of oil and gas leasing on public lands today -- the first auctions since the president paused leasing shortly after taking office. The lawsuit challenges the U.S. Bureau of Land Management's approval of oil and gas lease sales this week across 128,510 acres of public more PR

SANTA FE, New Mexico, June 30 (TNSreact) -- WildEarth Guardians issued the following news release on June 29, 2022: Climate and conservation groups filed a lawsuit today challenging the Biden administration's resumption of oil and gas leasing on public lands, the first auction since the president paused leasing shortly after taking office. The lawsuit challenges the U.S. Bureau of Land Management's approval of oil and gas lease sales this week across 128,510 acres of public land in Colorado, M more PR

CHEYENNE, Wyoming, July 1 (TNSpol) -- The Wyoming State Bar issued the following news release on June 29, 2022: The Wyoming Supreme Court today issued an order of public censure of Cheyenne attorney Gay Vanderpoel Woodhouse. The order stemmed from a disciplinary complaint against Woodhouse that was submitted to the Office of Bar Counsel of the Wyoming State Bar by a Cheyenne couple whose LLC was sued by Woodhouse in 2020. The lawsuit related to a start-up business that operated a workout facili more PR