Judge Orders Bureau of Land Management To Resume Oil & Gas Lease Sales In N.D. - KVRR Local News

Judge Orders Bureau of Land Management To Resume Oil & Gas Lease Sales In N.D. BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR) — U.S. District Judge Daniel Traynor in Bismarck has ordered the Bureau of Land Management to resume quarterly oil and gas lease sales in North Dakota. Attorney General Drew Wrigley says the court’s order directs BLM to comply with federal law and do what Congress commanded it to do. He says the dispute started in 2021 when President Biden issued an Executive Order “pausing” the quarterly oil and lease sales required by...