Environmental & Energy
Jul. 11, 2016
The fracturing of Chevron deference
A Wyoming federal district court dealt a blow to the Obama administration's environmental policies when it struck down the Bureau of Land Management's rule regulating fracking on federal and Indian lands.
Yet another blow to the Obama administration's environmental policies was delivered by a Wyoming federal district court, which struck down the U.S. Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) rule regulating hydraulic fracturing on federal and Indian lands on June 21. State of Wyoming v. U.S. Department Of The Interior, 15-00041. The decision signals a continued decline in the deference given to agencies under Chevron v. NRDC, 467 U.S. 837 (1984).
Hydraulic fracturing, or "f...
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