Judge Says BLM Violated NEPA When It Approved Permits For Wyoming Project

( March 9, 2026, 9:16 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — A federal judge in the District of Columbia has issued a decision on multiple motions in a long-running dispute over federal permits for hydraulic fracturing, ruling that the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) violated the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) when it approved permits for an oil and gas development project in Wyoming because the agency did not “adequately conduct an analysis of reasonable alternatives.”  In an order accompanying the opinion, the judge directed the clerk to close the case....