Appeals Court Delivers Huge Blow To Biden Administration’s Attack On Oil

A federal appeals court has ruled that the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) must move forward with a Lease Sale that Biden originally attempted to block.

This is a huge win for energy independence.

Biden is waging a war against oil and destroying our economy and energy because of it.

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Fox News shares more on the story:

A federal appeals court panel ruled in favor of energy industry groups in an order Tuesday evening requiring the Biden administration to hold a massive offshore oil and gas lease sale without eco restrictions.

The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in the decision that the Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) must move forward with Lease Sale 261, a large Gulf of Mexico oil and gas lease sale mandated under the Inflation Reduction Act. The sale was originally scheduled for September, but was postponed after BOEM implemented last-minute environmental restrictions.

“Energy independence scored an important win tonight with the Fifth Circuit decision lifting unjustified restrictions on oil and natural gas vessels and restoring acreage for offshore energy development,” American Petroleum Institute (API) Senior Vice President and General Counsel Ryan Meyers said in a statement.

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“The U.S. Gulf of Mexico plays a critical role in maintaining affordable, reliable American energy production, and today’s decision creates greater certainty for the essential energy workforce and the entire Gulf Coast economy,” he continued.

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The Advocate shares more on the story:

Oil and gas supporters and environmentalists have fought over the fate of the auction — one of two mandated by the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 — ever since BOEM planned to reduce the scope by several million acres about a month before the auction’s original late September date.

That reduction was tied to a settlement the Biden administration reached with environmental groups in a separate court case related to marine species regulations from the Trump administration. That settlement was made in an effort to help the Rice’s whale, a critically endangered Gulf species.

Oil and gas advocates called the Tuesday ruling an “important win” for offshore energy development, as Ryan Meyers, the American Petroleum Institute’s senior vice president and general counsel, put it.

“The U.S. Gulf of Mexico plays a critical role in maintaining affordable, reliable American energy production, and today’s decision creates greater certainty for the essential energy workforce and the entire Gulf Coast economy,” Meyers said in a statement.