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Litigation

Jun. 12, 2015

Federal agency ignores risk of increased oil development in state, suit contends

Environmental groups sued the U.S. Bureau of Land Management Wednesday claiming it did an inadequate environmental review of its longterm plan to manage oil and gas development in the San Joaquin Valley and central coast.


By Fiona Smith


Daily Journal Staff Writer


Environmental groups sued the federal Bureau of Land Management Wednesday, claiming
its recently approved land management plan ignores the potential for oil and gas activity
to expand and intensify in the Central Valley and central coast of California.


The Center for Biological Diversity and Los Padres Forestwatch, represented...

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