Federal Judge Blocks Off-Shore Oil & Gas Leases In Louisiana
On Thursday, a federal judge revoked offshore drilling leases granted by the Biden administration for 80 million acres in the Gulf of Mexico. A union of environmental groups sued the administration to stop the lease sale. “We are pleased that the court invalidated Interior’s illegal lease sale,” Earthjustice senior attorney Brettny Hardy said in a statement. “We simply cannot continue to make investments in the fossil fuel industry to the peril of our communities and increasingly warming planet.” The Trump administration had ordered the lease sale and the Biden administration tried to stop it....