Environmental & Energy,
Civil Litigation
Feb. 25, 2021
Environmentalists sue state over oil and gas lease approvals
Attorneys for the plaintiffs argued a state agency often approves permits with little or no review, uses “inapplicable” exceptions to the California Environmental Quality Act, and relies on “inadequate or invalid environmental analyses performed by local governments.”
Environmentalists sued the California Geologic Energy Management Division in state court on Wednesday, accusing it of approving thousands of oil and gas leases without proper environmental review.
"CalGEM has a consistent and ongoing pattern and practice of ignoring its legal obligation to conduct environmental review before issuing oil and gas permits throughout the state," Hollin N. Kretzmann, senior attorney for the Center for Bio...
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