{"id":2012547,"date":"2023-08-25T20:33:01","date_gmt":"2023-08-26T00:33:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-administration-faces-legal-challenge-over-gulf-lease-amendments\/"},"modified":"2023-08-25T20:36:22","modified_gmt":"2023-08-26T00:36:22","slug":"biden-administration-faces-legal-challenge-over-gulf-lease-amendments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-administration-faces-legal-challenge-over-gulf-lease-amendments\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden Administration&#8217;s Gulf Lease Amendments Challenged in Court"},"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\">16<\/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%2Fbiden-administration-faces-legal-challenge-over-gulf-lease-amendments%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=2012547&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--><div data-post-content=\"true\" class=\"post_content\" id=\"post_content\">\n<h2>Oil Groups and State\u200c Attorney General Challenge Biden Administration&#8217;s\u200c Gulf of Mexico Lease Sales<\/h2>\n<p>Public sector \u2062oil groups have joined \u200da Republican state \u200battorney general\u200b in bringing\u2063 suit\u2062 against\u2063 the Biden administration&#8217;s\u200b Department of\u2064 the Interior over changes to \u200da Gulf of \u200dMexico lease\u2063 sales\u2064 amended\u200d to \u200bprotect \u2062the endangered Rice\u2019s whale.<\/p>\n<p>The\u200d American \u200bPetroleum \u200dInstitute (API) has\u2064 joined forces with the State of Louisiana \u2063and Chevron U.S.A. Inc. in lodging a formal challenge (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.api.org\/~\/media\/files\/news\/press-releases\/2023\/230824-ls261-complaint\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pdf<\/a>) on Aug.\u200c 24 against the Department of the Interior&#8217;s Bureau of \u2063Ocean Management&#8217;s (BOEM) Final Notice of \u200bSale for Lease Sale\u2064 261.<\/p>\n<p>Louisiana, Chevron, and the API argued that the amendment violates the Inflation Reduction Act&#8217;s requirement that leases be\u2063 sold in September. However, the sale is marked by\u2062 a substantial reduction in available acreage \u200dand stringent\u200d regulations on oil and \u2063natural\u200d gas vessel movement.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>Related Stories<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/biden-administration-sues-elon-musk-company-over-alleged-discrimination-5480078\">Biden Administration\u2063 Sues Musk&#8217;s SpaceX\u2062 Over Alleged Discrimination<\/a> &#8211; 8\/24\/2023<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/biden-administration-doles-out-more-than-1-billion-for-future-covid-19-vaccines-drugs-5479200\">Biden Administration Doles Out More Than $1\u200b Billion for Future COVID-19 Vaccines, Drugs<\/a> &#8211; 8\/23\/2023<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>As the\u2063 organization that represents \u200ball aspects of\u200d the American oil and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sen-sullivan-calls-out-democrat-hypocrisy-over-natural-gas\/\" title=\"Sen. Sullivan calls out Democrat hypocrisy over natural gas\">natural gas industry<\/a>, \u2064API emphasizes its support for nearly 11 million U.S. jobs represented \u200din the industry.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday we\u2019re taking steps to \u2062challenge the Department of the Interior\u2019s unjustified actions to\u2063 further\u200d restrict American energy \u200caccess \u2062in the Gulf of Mexico,\u201d said API Senior Vice President and General Counsel\u200d Ryan Meyers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDespite Congress\u2019 clear intention in the \u200bInflation Reduction Act, the\u2062 Biden administration has announced a\u200d \u2018lease sale \u2062in name\u200c only\u2019 that removes approximately 6 million acres of the \u200cGulf \u2063of Mexico from the sale and adds new and unjustified\u200b restrictions on oil and natural\u2063 gas vessels operating in this area, ignoring all other vessel traffic. Together \u200dwith \u200bthe State of Louisiana \u200dand \u200dChevron U.S.A. Inc., we intend\u2064 to \u200duse every legal tool at our disposal to challenge these actions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According\u200b to\u200d API&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.api.org\/news-policy-and-issues\/news\/2023\/08\/24\/api-state-of-lousiana-chevron-challenge-lease-sale-261-final-notice-of-sale\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">press release<\/a> about\u200d the\u2062 action, the \u2063backdrop of this development lies in the \u200bcomprehensive Five-Year Program for Federal \u2064Offshore Leasing, \u2064a framework established over four decades ago.<\/p>\n<p>Designed to cater to the\u2062 United States&#8217; energy requirements for five-year intervals, the plan delineates a schedule for regular oil \u200dand natural gas \u2063lease \u200cauctions, including those in the Gulf of Mexico.<\/p>\n<p>The \u2064company\u200c went on to assert that \u2064the lapse of the Department of the Interior&#8217;s five<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-dept-interior-agency-is-moving-forward-on-oil-gas-leases-on-public-land\/\" title=\"Biden\u2019s Dept. Interior: Agency Is \u2018Moving Forward\u2019 on Oil, Gas Leases on Public Land\">-year offshore leasing program<\/a>, without an immediate substitute, has spanned more than a\u2064 year. This hiatus has raised concerns\u200d in\u2062 energy circles, particularly given the significance of the U.S. Gulf of\u200c Mexico\u200c as\u200c a source of low-carbon intensity crude. The potential\u2064 slow or pause for production in \u200dthis region could, according to the suit, prompt the substitution \u200cof\u200d higher carbon-intensity \u200bsources from around the\u2063 globe.<\/p>\n<p>The\u2064 lawsuit uses\u2063 statistics from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) to show that 15 percent of \u200call <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-did-this-shell-oil-platform-become-unmoored-during-hurricane-ida\/\" title=\"FACT CHECK: Did This Shell Oil Platform Become Unmoored During Hurricane Ida?\">crude oil production<\/a> in the \u200dU.S. comes from government offshore oil production in the Gulf of Mexico.<\/p>\n<p>Also, 5 percent of the dry gas produced in\u200c the \u200dUnited States comes\u200c from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-administration-faces-legal-challenge-over-gulf-lease-amendments\/\" title=\"Biden Administration's Gulf Lease Amendments Challenged in Court\">government\u2064 offshore natural gas production<\/a> in the Gulf. Notably, \u2062more than 47% of \u200cthe U.S.&#8217;s capacity \u200dto refine oil \u2062and 51 percent of its\u200b capacity to process natural gas\u2063 are all located\u200b along\u200d the Gulf\u200d Coast.<\/p>\n<p>In the month before, an agreement was \u200cmade public that \u2063included\u2063 practical &#8220;recommendations&#8221; \u2063that could put a lot of\u2062 pressure on industry players. Inadvertently, these ideas are thought\u2062 likely \u200cto increase pollution.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Public sector oil groups, along with the American Petroleum Institute (API), Chevron U.S.A. Inc., and the State of Louisiana, have filed a lawsuit against the Biden administration&#8217;s Department of the Interior. The suit challenges alterations made to Gulf of Mexico lease sales, which aim to safeguard the endangered Rice&#8217;s whale.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1843,"featured_media":2012548,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[543],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2012547","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-epoch-times"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2012547","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1843"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2012547"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2012547\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2012548"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2012547"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2012547"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2012547"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}