The U.S. Bureau of Land Management 'has failed to evaluate how these projects heat the climate, guzzle water, and add to some of the dirtiest air in the country,' said Liz Jones of CenterForBioDiv.
, the Natural Resources Defense Council, and the Wilderness Society—BLM on May 31 "rushed" the approval of six drilling permits in the Mount Poso oil field near Bakersfield "without allowing input from the public and nearby communities, as required by federal law."
"It is our hope that the court sees the clear violations of federal law and pumps the brakes before irreversible damage occurs." Friends of the Earth legal director Hallie Templeton said that "we have done everything we can to warn the Biden administration of the myriad environmental and socioeconomic risks associated with more drilling in Kern County."
Wilderness Society director Ben Tettlebaum noted that "residents and activists in the Central Valley work every day to make their communities healthy. The last thing they need is for the BLM to threaten their air and water by unlawfully approving more oil and gas drilling in their backyards."
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