An updated Bureau of Land Management report offers a mixed outlook for oil and gas production in the state’s second largest drilling basin.
													
													
												Ten years of meetings and plans abruptly dumped; future plans uncertain.
													
													
												The drastic increase in permits comes at a time when climate science shows that new drilling and production should be winding down.
													
													
												Two wells, two accidents — but no answers.
													
													
												Tribal governments say they haven’t been adequately consulted on the plan, which could bring thousands of new oil and gas wells to the area.