The Biden administration missed another deadline to hold quarterly onshore oil drilling lease sales after a federal court ruled it was legally required to do so.
The Department of the Interior (DOI) defied the June 2021 court ruling which ordered the administration to halt its ban on new oil and gas leases, the Western Energy Alliance — a fossil fuel industry group that challenged the ban — said Wednesday. In August 2021, the DOI vowed to publish notices of competitive sales in December and hold a lease sale 45 days later, two promises it failed to keep, in court filings.
“President
Biden just told the American people he’ll work like the devil to lower
prices at the gas pump. But the lack of progress on federal lease sales
means he’s not trying very hard,” Kathleen Sgamma, president of the
Western Energy Alliance, said in a statement. “The department continues
to miss deadlines, drag its feet, and ignore a judge’s ruling to hold
sales.”............To Read More.....
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