Biden sued for halting federal oil and gas leasing

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Biden sued for halting federal oil and gas leasing
by Josh Siegel, Energy and Environment Reporter |
 | January 27, 2021 02:39 PM

The Biden administration was hit with an immediate lawsuit Wednesday over its decision to halt oil and gas leasing on federal lands and waters.

The Western Energy Alliance, a group representing fossil fuel producers active on federal lands, sued in the U.S. District Court for the District of Wyoming, alleging President Biden exceeded presidential authority.

Kathleen Sgamma, president of the Alliance, described Biden's action as a "ban," despite his administration describing the order as a temporary moratorium on leasing while the administration reviews how to better balance oil and gas with developing renewables on federal lands and waters.

The administration did not provide a timeline for when the pause would end.

“The law is clear. Presidents don’t have authority to ban leasing on public lands. All Americans own the oil and natural gas beneath public lands, and Congress has directed them to be responsibly developed on their behalf,” Sgamma said.

ClearView, an energy research group, reads the law differently.

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https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/energy/biden-sued-halting-oil-gas-leasing

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Biden sued for halting federal oil and gas leasing
by Josh Siegel, Energy and Environment Reporter |
 | January 27, 2021 02:39 PM

The Biden administration was hit with an immediate lawsuit Wednesday over its decision to halt oil and gas leasing on federal lands and waters.

The Western Energy Alliance, a group representing fossil fuel producers active on federal lands, sued in the U.S. District Court for the District of Wyoming, alleging President Biden exceeded presidential authority.

Kathleen Sgamma, president of the Alliance, described Biden's action as a "ban," despite his administration describing the order as a temporary moratorium on leasing while the administration reviews how to better balance oil and gas with developing renewables on federal lands and waters.

The administration did not provide a timeline for when the pause would end.

“The law is clear. Presidents don’t have authority to ban leasing on public lands. All Americans own the oil and natural gas beneath public lands, and Congress has directed them to be responsibly developed on their behalf,” Sgamma said.

ClearView, an energy research group, reads the law differently.

more
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/energy/biden-sued-halting-oil-gas-leasing

Well, sorta... They can't stop leases already under contract - They already made them deals. Too bad. But they can stop issuing new leases and renewing leases.

That's what they did to timber here, and to mining, to include gold and garnet panning and such.

[Hoodat]

The Western Energy Alliance clearly does not understand how fascism works.

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Why is it no one is questioning how democrats can swift as a lightening bolt can put 11,000 good paying people out of work, put half a nation out of work over the Chinese flu,  and spend Trillions of dollars, esp on foreigners, but can't get $2,000 to hard pressed, desperate Americans in 8-10 months who are put out of work because democrats want to mine the co-vid flu politically like a vein of gold?