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In reply to the discussion: Judge throws out Biden administration's massive Gulf of Mexico oil and gas lease sale [View all]
BumRushDaShow
(161,694 posts)11. No. A court ORDERED him to do it.
Biden's Ban On New Oil And Gas Leases Is Blocked By A Federal Judge
June 15, 20216:51 PM ET
The Associated Press
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Biden administration's suspension of new oil and gas leases on federal land and water was blocked Tuesday by a federal judge in Louisiana, who ordered that plans be resumed for lease sales that were delayed for the Gulf of Mexico and Alaska.
U.S. District Judge Terry Doughty's ruling came in a lawsuit filed in March by Louisiana's Republican attorney general, Jeff Landry and officials in 12 other states. Doughty's ruling granting a preliminary injunction to those states said his order applies nationwide.
The 13 states said the administration bypassed comment periods and other bureaucratic steps required before such delays can be undertaken. Doughty heard arguments in the case last week in Lafayette.
The moratorium was imposed after Democratic President Joe Biden on Jan. 27 signed executive orders to fight climate change. The suit was filed in March. The states opposing the suspension said it was undertaken without the required comment periods and other bureaucratic steps.
https://www.npr.org/2021/06/15/1006948814/bidens-ban-on-new-oil-and-gas-leases-is-blocked-by-a-federal-judge
June 15, 20216:51 PM ET
The Associated Press
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Biden administration's suspension of new oil and gas leases on federal land and water was blocked Tuesday by a federal judge in Louisiana, who ordered that plans be resumed for lease sales that were delayed for the Gulf of Mexico and Alaska.
U.S. District Judge Terry Doughty's ruling came in a lawsuit filed in March by Louisiana's Republican attorney general, Jeff Landry and officials in 12 other states. Doughty's ruling granting a preliminary injunction to those states said his order applies nationwide.
The 13 states said the administration bypassed comment periods and other bureaucratic steps required before such delays can be undertaken. Doughty heard arguments in the case last week in Lafayette.
The moratorium was imposed after Democratic President Joe Biden on Jan. 27 signed executive orders to fight climate change. The suit was filed in March. The states opposing the suspension said it was undertaken without the required comment periods and other bureaucratic steps.
https://www.npr.org/2021/06/15/1006948814/bidens-ban-on-new-oil-and-gas-leases-is-blocked-by-a-federal-judge
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Judge throws out Biden administration's massive Gulf of Mexico oil and gas lease sale [View all]
former9thward
Jan 2022
OP
Rather confusing until you read the link This is a good thing, a win for Biden...
Enter stage left
Jan 2022
#1
Yup. Biden was forced to follow through on some tRump garbage, but now is free of it. . . . nt
Bernardo de La Paz
Jan 2022
#27
Was just about to post - this is actually a "win" for the Biden administration
BumRushDaShow
Jan 2022
#2
It's confusing because there are all kinds of politics involved in how this played out
BumRushDaShow
Jan 2022
#22
Yes the headline stinks and some people here have run with it without reading. . . . nt
Bernardo de La Paz
Jan 2022
#42
Did you read the article that you posted or were just going for the headline?
BumRushDaShow
Jan 2022
#8
Easier to go along with the sale and focus the energy on appealing the case altogether.
cstanleytech
Jan 2022
#25
They WERE forced. They DID appeal. They lost the appeal. Enviros won a NEW case. WaPo says!
Bernardo de La Paz
Jan 2022
#28
Think again. Courts ORDERED sale to go ahead Nov 2021. WaPo article Jan 27, 2022. . . nt
Bernardo de La Paz
Jan 2022
#30
The headline/story seemed counter-intuitive in context with Biden's goals on climate change agenda
msfiddlestix
Jan 2022
#7
People (environmentalists) can SAY all they want in June. By August it was clear sale HAD to occur
Bernardo de La Paz
Jan 2022
#31
NO. They could not wait. You don't know what an injunction is. Read the rulings.
Bernardo de La Paz
Jan 2022
#40
As much as some may like to throw shade on Bezos, this is on the WP, not Bezo. He does not
JohnSJ
Jan 2022
#35
This was what the judge who put the injunction in place wrote in his 44 page June 2021 ruling
BumRushDaShow
Jan 2022
#43