LONDON: Fourteen US states including Louisiana and Wyoming filed suits on Wednesday against President Joe Biden's administration to challenge his pause on new oil and gas leasing on federal lands and waters.
The pause has triggered heavy criticism from the oil industry and from producing states that receive half of the revenues generated from federal lands drilling within their borders. The states joining Louisiana's suit included Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Georgia, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Texas, Utah and West Virginia. All have Republican attorneys general.The lawsuits allege the administration's leasing pause violates the Mineral Leasing Act that requires quarterly lease sales.
"The real consequences of the action are far from certain and far from uniformly environmentally friendly," Wyoming said in its complaint.
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