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A federal appeals court said the government inappropriately ignored the dangers of hazardous air pollutants when issuing permits to drill oil and gas wells in northwestern New Mexico, in what environmental groups say is a "new precedent" that will help protect community health.
The 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decision Wednesday invalidated the government's analysis of the impact of drilling, finding the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) violated the National Environmental Policy Act by conducting inadequate environmental reviews for nearly 200 drilling applications in the greater Chaco region, which is an area viewed as sacred to indigenous people and is the home of the Chaco Culture National Historical Park. Native American group Diné CARE and environmental groups including the Sierra Club sued BLM in 2019 in New Mexico federal district court saying the approvals failed to take into account how drilling would exacerbate the climate crisis and harm the health of nearby communities. The district court in 2021 said BLM adequately analyzed the environmental impacts of proposed drilling, leading to the 10th Circuit appeal.