Oil, NatGas Leasing in Ohio National Forest Paused After Court Finds Regulators Ignored Drilling Impacts

摘要

Federal oil and gas leasing in Ohio’s only national forest has been suspended after a court agreed with environmental groups that the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) failed to adequately con- sider the impact of unconventional development when they opened the land for drilling.