change agenda, energy group say the president broke the law by not auctioning off land for oil and gas drilling. the president of the petroleum association of wyoming is one group suing the administration and hein jos me now. great to have you on, explain what is going on and why you are suing the biden administration? thanks for having me and good morning from wyoming. we have had to go to the judicial branch to try to help us have biden administration follow the law with respect to leasing. federal law under mineral leasing act require the government lease four times a year, quarterly lease sales is the actual term and unfortunately under this administration, we have only had one lease sale in two years of the biden administration term. we ve had to file lawsuits on this and other things to try to protect our rights and protect the industry s ability to be out on the ground in wyoming and
Industry groups are suing the Biden administration over the lack of a third-quarter oil and gas lease sale, the latest in a series of litigation against the Interior Department's sparing leasing of federal acreage during President Joe Biden's tenure.
Two energy groups have filed a lawsuit challenging the Department of Interior (DOI) for its failure to hold natural gas and oil lease sales in the third quarter of this year.
The saga of lawsuits over oil and gas lease sales on public land continues. On Monday, Dec. 5, two western agencies announced they are suing the federal government.
Energy industry groups filed a federal lawsuit against the Biden administration Monday evening, arguing it has violated federal statute requiring quarterly oil and gas lease sales.