Environmental groups sue feds over Gulf of Mexico oil, gas leases
The lawsuit alleges the lease sale would jeopardize the survival of endangered marine life and prolong the nation's dependence on fossil fuels.
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The lawsuit alleges the lease sale would jeopardize the survival of endangered marine life and prolong the nation's dependence on fossil fuels.
Passage of Democrats' Inflation Reduction Act capped off years of campaigning for major climate change legislation and breathed new life into the renewable energy sector — but not without simultaneously handing a major victory to oil and gas interests by ensuring they have a chance to bid on more federal acreage.
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management has "no discretion" on whether to carry out previously canceled offshore oil and gas lease sales because of changes in law enacted through Democrats' Inflation Reduction Act, the agency said Thursday, a setback for environmental groups demanding an end to new leasing.
Democrats and advocates alike fear criticizing the senator in the hope of reaching a deal.
"Coal is killing our climate, yet the Biden administration is defending it," one environmental advocate said.