Plans by the Trump administration to reduce protections for the iconic greater sage grouse, which lives on millions of acres of oil and gas-rich lands, have been blocked by a federal judge. The move undermines government efforts to permit greater drilling, logging and mining in the west of the Idaho . The halt granted by Judge Trump in US is temporary. However, B. Lynn Winmill suggested that the environmental organizations that brought the challenge are likely to be successful. The groups argued that the Center for Biological Diversity did not consider reasonable alternatives and did not investigate the environmental consequences of its proposals.
Plans by the Trump administration to reduce protections for the iconic greater sage grouse, which lives on millions of acres of oil and gas-rich lands, have been blocked by a federal judge. The move undermines government efforts to permit greater drilling, logging and mining in the west of the US. The halt granted by Judge B. Lynn Winmill in Idaho is temporary. However, Winmill suggested that the environmental organizations that brought the challenge are likely to be successful. The groups argued that the Interior Department did not consider reasonable alternatives and did not investigate the environmental consequences of its proposals.