{"id":1614922,"date":"2022-08-18T14:34:08","date_gmt":"2022-08-18T18:34:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1614922"},"modified":"2022-08-18T14:34:10","modified_gmt":"2022-08-18T18:34:10","slug":"us-circuit-court-ruling-clears-biden-administrations-executive-order-pausing-new-oil-and-gas-leases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-circuit-court-ruling-clears-biden-administrations-executive-order-pausing-new-oil-and-gas-leases\/","title":{"rendered":"US Circuit Court Ruling Clears Biden Administration\u2019s Executive Order Pausing New Oil and Gas Leases"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fus-circuit-court-ruling-clears-biden-administrations-executive-order-pausing-new-oil-and-gas-leases%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1614922&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans, on Aug. 17,\u00a0cleared the way for the Biden administration\u2019s pause on new oil, gas leasing on federal lands and waters, issued in 2021.<\/p>\n<p>A lower U.S. district court in Louisiana previously ordered that the administration to cease its moratorium on new oil and gas leasing on federal lands,\u00a0sending it up to the federal appeals court <a href=\"https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Louisiana-v-Biden.pdf\">(pdf)<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The case has now been sent back to the lower district court for further proceedings.<\/p>\n<p>The suspension of leasing the lands for energy purposes has been a key part of President Joe Biden\u2019s climate change agenda.<\/p>\n<p>A dozen states, including the State of Louisiana,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ago.wv.gov\/Documents\/2021.06%20Injunction.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">filed<\/a>\u00a0an injunction on June 15, 2021, in the U.S. district court, to block the pause on leasing by the Department of the Interior (DOI), arguing that the states would suffer injury from the policy.<\/p>\n<p>The DOI was forced by the district court in 2021 to allow new leasing to proceed\u00a0during the appeals process, \u201cconsistent with the district court\u2019s injunction during the appeal.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The appeals court determined that the lower court does not specifically outline what the Biden administration is able to or is not able to do, which it must address\u00a0before the case can proceed, according to court filings.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement by the three appeals judges on the panel, they said: \u201cWe cannot reach the merits of the government\u2019s challenge when we cannot ascertain from the record what conduct\u2014an unwritten agency policy, a written policy outside of the executive order, or the executive order itself\u2014is enjoined.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The appeals court ruled that the lower court\u2019s injunction and its accompanying memorandum \u201clack specificity\u201d and that its order focused on an Interior Department action that was not yet finalized.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur review of [Administrative Procedure Act] claims must begin by determining if there was final agency<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans, on Aug. 17,\u00a0cleared the way for the Biden administration\u2019s pause on new oil, gas leasing on federal lands and waters, issued in 2021. 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