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Biden Ban on Offshore Drilling in Vast Areas Was Illegal, Court Rules
Judge rules Biden and Obama lacked authority to impose permanent offshore drilling bans covering 625 million acres, affirming that presidential withdrawals must be reversible under federal law.
- On Oct. 2, U.S. District Judge James Cain in Lake Charles ruled President Joe Biden's offshore drilling ban was illegal, siding with Republican states and oil and gas industry groups.
- On Jan. 6, former U.S. President Joe Biden used the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to withdraw areas from leasing, barring new leasing across 625 million acres off U.S. coasts and Alaska.
- The statute specifies `from time to time`, which courts interpret as requiring reversibility, and U.S. District Judge James Cain said Biden’s orders `purported to apply for a period of time without specific expiration, i.e., indefinitely,` departing from longstanding practice under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act.
- Industry groups hailed the ruling and the administration has moved to restore offshore leasing; President Donald Trump rescinded the withdrawal on Jan. 20 and Ryan Meyers, senior vice president and general counsel at the American Petroleum Institute, praised the decision as vacating a "politically motivated decision."
- With OCS development supporting 250,000 jobs and $59.5 billion in output, the ruling safeguards offshore leasing from political swings, as BOEM reports 1.8 billion barrels per day in 2024.
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Federal Court rules Biden prohibitions on offshore drilling illegal
(The Center Square) – Former U.S. President Joe Biden overstepped his authority when he ordered a withdrawal of sizable portions of federal waters from future oil and gas development, a federal judge in Louisiana ruled.
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Federal Judge Tosses Biden’s Offshore Drilling Ban
A federal judge in Louisiana has ruled that the Biden administration overstepped its authority by indefinitely blocking new oil and gas drilling across vast portions of U.S. coastal waters. Judge James Cain ruled Thursday that former Presidents Joe Biden and Barack Obama exceeded their powers when they sought to permanently shield offshore areas from energy development. Cain wrote that their orders "constituted a departure from the executive bra…
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Biden’s Ban on Offshore Oil Drilling Was Illegal: Judge - The Thinking Conservative News
President Joe Biden’s ban on offshore drilling in certain parts of the ocean and the Gulf of America was illegal, a federal judge ruled on Oct. 2. The post Biden’s Ban on Offshore Oil Drilling Was Illegal: Judge appeared first on The Thinking Conservative News.
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