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Government,
Environmental & Energy,
Civil Litigation

Sep. 27, 2021

Environmental lawyers hope for different approach to fracking suits

The Center for Biological Diversity and other conservation groups sued in January 2020 alleging that the Bureau of Land Management violated federal law by neglecting the consequences of fracking on public health and its harm to the environment.

Environmental lawyers are hopeful that the Biden administration will take a different approach to Trump-era fracking lawsuits that are still being litigated.

The Center for Biological Diversity and other conservation groups sued in January 2020 alleging that the Bureau of Land Management violated federal law by neglecting the consequences of fracking on public health and its harm to the environment. But since the new administration took ov...

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