A coalition of environmental groups sued the Biden administration over its upcoming oil and gas lease sale, which will auction off 67 million acres in the Gulf of Mexico. Plaintiffs in the lawsuit allege that the lease sales, mandated by the Inflation Reduction Act, violate the National Environmental Policy Act, specifically that the Interior Department’s…
The state of Louisiana, Chevron and the foremost oil and gas industry trade group sued the Biden administration Thursday over an alteration to Gulf of Mexico lease sales aimed at protecting the endangered Rice’s whale. The federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management’s (BOEM) final sale notice for the upcoming lease sale, published Wednesday, included the…
Center for Biological Diversity: WASHINGTON  Gulf community and environmental groups sued the Interior Department today to challenge an offshore oil and gas lease sale that would offer up more than 67 million acres in the Gulf of Mexico. The department plans to hold the sale Sept. 27.