The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans, on Aug. 17, cleared the way for the Biden administration’s pause on new oil, gas leasing on federal lands and waters, issued in 2021.
A lower U.S. district court in Louisiana previously ordered that the administration to cease its moratorium on new oil and gas leasing on federal lands, sending it up to the federal appeals court (pdf).
The case has now been sent back to the lower district court for further proceedings.
The suspension of leasing the lands for energy purposes has been a key part of President Joe Biden’s climate change agenda….