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BLM suspends some lease sales to review GHG emissions

04/19/2010
By Paula Dittrick
The Bureau of Land Management office in Billings, Mont., said Apr. 8 that it delayed some oil and gas lease sales pending BLM's completion of environmental reviews on possible greenhouse gas emissions from oil and gas activities.Lease sales covering 91,000 acres in Montana, North Dakota, and South Dakota were scheduled for Apr. 13. The sale was to include 129 parcels in the three states.The Western Environmental Law Center had filed a protest concerning the scheduled sales, saying it represented environmental groups concerned about methane emissions during natural gas production on public lands.BLM's Montana State Director Gene Terland noted that BLM previously suspended 61 Montana oil an...
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