Landmark Court Victory Against Fracking in California
On April 8, the Sierra Club and the Center for Biological Diversity (CBD) won a legal challenge against proposed fracking operations in California. A federal judge ruled that federal authorities broke the law when they leased 2,700 acres of BLM land in Monterey and Fresno counties to oil and gas drillers without considering the environmental impacts of hydraulic fracturing, also known as fracking.
"This important decision recognizes that fracking poses new, unique risks to California's air, water, and wildlife that government agencies can't ignore," said Brendan Cummings, senior counsel at CBD, who argued the case for the plaintiffs. "This is a watershed moment—the first court opinion to find a federal lease sale invalid for failing to address the monumental dangers of fracking."
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