Federal Judge Blocks Oil Drilling in Michigan Forest

Associated Press ^

[RightWingConspirator]

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. — A federal judge has overturned a decision by the U.S. Forest Service to allow oil and gas drilling near a forest and a river in Michigan's northern Lower Peninsula.

U.S. District Judge David Lawson of Detroit ruled Thursday the agency had acted "arbitrarily and capriciously" in 2005 by giving Savoy Energy LP of Traverse City a permit to drill an exploratory well near the Au Sable River's south branch.

[RightWingConspirator]

Klintoon's legacy lives on. From Wikipedia, "David M. Lawson is a United States District Judge for the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. He was nominated by President Bill Clinton on August 5, 1999 and was confirmed unanimously by the United States Senate on May 23, 2000."

[Paleo Conservative]

And the DemocRATS wonder why there are so many acres of oil leases on federal land that are not being drilled?

[decimon]

This thread won’t last but...the issue raised is not entirely clear. The banned area is not very large.

[Always Right]

This thread won’t last but...the issue raised is not entirely clear.

AP....oooops

[Arm_Bears]

. . .acted “arbitrarily and capriciously”. . .

Kinda like Judge Lawson.