The Biden administration’s win in a federal court case challenging its avoidance of quarterly oil and gas lease sales on public lands will have limited impact on future industry pushback against leasing decisions, natural resources lawyers say.
The Interior Department’s Bureau of Land Management didn’t break the Mineral Leasing Act when it decided to postpone quarterly oil and gas lease sales after President Joe Biden declared an oil and gas leasing “pause” in January 2021, Judge Scott Skavdahl of the US District Court of the District of Wyoming ruled on Sept. 2.
Oil and gas industry groups also didn’t have ...
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