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That's a good question, here is another. How is your fool going to reduce the cost of gasoline? Reopen pipelines or maybe get out of the way and encourage oil companies to spend the money needed to drill for more oil? If they do drill will Biden promise not to pull the rug out and once again get in the way?It's a fair question, answer straight up. If Biden gets the blame for rising gas prices shouldn't he get the credit if they go down?
WOW! You laid that out perfectly. Can't wait for the leftist fools to try and challenge it.Federal Onshore and Offshore Oil and Gas Leasing Pause and Review - Harvard Law School
This page tracks the federal oil and gas leasing pause and related litigation. For more on these leasing programs, see our Onshore Leasing Page and Offshore Leasing Page. If you’re a reporter and would like to speak with an expert on this rule, please email us. Quick Take The IRA makes it hard...eelp.law.harvard.edu
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Jan. 20, 2021 DOI issues Secretarial Order No. 3395, announcing that the agency is temporarily suspending its authority to issue any onshore or offshore fossil fuel authorizations, including new lease sales, for 60 days.
Jan. 20, 2021 In Executive Order 13990, President Biden revokes the Trump Executive Order 13783 titled “Promoting Energy Independence and Economic Growth.” EO 13783 directed federal agencies to streamline the oil and gas leasing process and suspend, revise, or rescind regulations that burdened the development of domestic energy resources.
Jan. 27, 2021 President Biden signs Executive Order 14008, which pauses all new federal offshore and onshore oil and gas leasing pending a comprehensive review of the leasing and permitting program. The order also revokes Trump’s EO 13795.
March 15, 2021 The Biden administration asks the Ninth Circuit to dismiss the case reviewing President Obama’s withdrawing certain Arctic and Atlantic coastal areas from oil and gas leasing in light of President Biden revoking President Trump’s EO 13795 (the EO challenged in this case). The Biden administration asks the court to vacate the lower court ruling and remand with instructions to dismiss the case. League of Conservation Voters v. Trump, No. 19-35460 (9th Cir.).
March 24, 2021 Louisiana and twelve other states file a lawsuit challenging President Biden’s pause on new federal oil and gas lease sales arguing that the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (OCSLA) and the current 5-year Leasing Program prohibit the moratorium. Louisiana v. Biden, Docket No. 2:21-CV-00778 (W.D. La.).
April 13, 2021 The Ninth Circuit dismisses the appeal of the March 29, 2019 decision by a federal judge to reinstate President Obama’s withdrawals of Arctic and Atlantic areas from oil and gas leasing because President Biden’s Executive Order 13990 revoking Trump’s EO 13795 rendered the appeal moot. League of Conservation Voters v. Trump, No. 19-35460 (9th Cir.).
June 15, 2021 A federal judge in the Western District of Louisiana issues a preliminary injunction blocking President Biden’s pause on oil and gas lease sales. The court holds that the leasing moratorium violates statutory authority given to DOI, the Bureau of Land Management, and BOEM under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act and the current 5-year leasing program. The judge further holds that the immediate impact of the pause renders the preliminary injunction an appropriate remedy and that the DOI may not continue to pause upcoming Lease Sales 257 or 258. Louisiana v. Biden, Docket No. 2:21-CV-00778 (W.D. La.).
Aug. 9, 2021 Plaintiff states file a motion asking the court to order Lease Sale 257 and asking the federal government to show why its failure to make the sale does not put it in contempt of the preliminary injunction. Louisiana v. Biden, Docket No. 2:21-CV-00778 (W.D. La.).
Aug. 16, 2021 The Biden administration appeals the preliminary injunction that blocked the moratorium on new federal oil and gas leasing. Louisiana v. Biden, Docket No. 2:21-CV-00778 (W.D. La.).
Aug. 24, 2021 DOI announces that it will continue to prepare lease sales during the appeal process.
Aug. 24, 2021 The Department of Justice (DOJ) files a memorandum in response to the plaintiff states’ August 9 motion. DOJ argues that DOI had restarted the leasing program and was therefore complying with the preliminary injunction. DOJ further argues that the preliminary injunction did not require the Lease Sale to occur on any timeline, and the government was therefore entitled to complete a new environmental review. Louisiana v. Biden, Docket No. 2:21-CV-00778 (W.D. La.).
Aug. 31, 2021 Environmental groups file a lawsuit challenging DOI’s decision to hold Lease Sale 257 in the Gulf of Mexico, seeking vacatur and injunction of the sale. The groups argue that the sale of Lease 257 violates the NEPA and the APA and estimate that the sale “will result in the production of up to 1.12 billion barrels and 4.4 trillion cubic feet of fossil fuels over the next 50 years.” Friends of the Earth, et al. v. Haaland, et al., Docket No. 1:21-cv-02317 (D.D.C.).
Sept. 17, 2021 Plaintiff states withdraw their motion to compel Lease Sale 257. Louisiana v. Biden, Docket No. 2:21-CV-00778 (W.D. La.).
Oct. 4, 2021 BOEM publishes a notice in the federal register that it will open and publicly announce bids received for oil and gas leases in the Gulf of Mexico Outercontinental Gas Lease Sale 257 on Nov. 17, 2021.
Oct. 29, 2021 BOEM publishes a draft environmental impact statement (DEIS) for Lease Sale 258, which would offer leasing for oil and gas in Cook Inlet in the Gulf of Alaska. BOEM also announces a 45-day public comment period on the DEIS.
Nov. 17, 2021 BOEM holds its largest sale ever, the Gulf of Mexico Lease Sale 257 for 308 tracts, covering 1.07 million acres of federal waters in the Gulf. In approving the sale, the DOI claimed it was acting “consistent with a U.S. District Court’s preliminary injunction.” However, environmental groups argue that this sale was not required by the June 15 preliminary injunction. These groups contend that by not conducting a new environmental review like the DOJ memo suggested was allowed, the federal government sped up the lease sale and worked against its decarbonization goals.
Nov. 26, 2021 DOI issues a report reviewing the federal oil and gas leasing process and making recommendations for reform. The report finds, among other things, that the current system does not give taxpayers fair returns and does not fully account for environmental harm, and that the current system encourages speculation by and decreases competition among oil companies. The report outlines recommendations to fix these problems and concludes that DOI is deciding how it will act on these recommendations and encourages Congress to pass reforms to the oil and gas leasing process.
Dec. 3, 2021 Democratic members of the House Committee on Natural Resources file an amicus brief in support of environmental groups challenging the Gulf of Mexico lease sale, arguing that the administration’s environmental review “substantially underestimates” the environmental harms of the lease sale. The brief also argues that the nationwide injunction issued by the District Court for the Western District of Louisiana “in no way excused” DOI’s obligations under NEPA and the APA. Friends of the Earth, et al., v. Haaland, et al., No. 21-cv-02317-RC (D.D.C.).
Jan. 19, 2022 Over 360 environmental groups sent a legal petition to the Biden administration to reduce oil and gas drilling to 98% lower than current levels by 2035. The petition explains that, without action, it will be difficult for the United States to keep its pledge to keep global temperatures from rising beyond 1.5℃.
Jan. 20, 2022 Over 80 environmental organizations sign and send a letter to the Biden administration, which urges the Department of the Interior to write a new 5-year Offshore Lease Program that bans lease sales starting in 2022. The letter also calls on Secretary Haaland to repudiate Lease Sale 257.
Jan. 27, 2022 The District Court for the District of Columbia blocks Lease Sale 257 in the Gulf of Mexico because the Department of the Interior failed to take a “hard look” at the environmental impact of the project or to account for the effect of overseas fossil fuel use when calculating climate impacts, which violated the National Environmental Policy Act. Friends of the Earth, et al., v. Haaland, et al., No. 21-cv-02317-RC (D.D.C.). For more background on the ruling, see EELP’s overview of the NEPA Review Process or visit our NEPA Tracker Page for the most up to date review requirements.
Feb. 1, 2022 The Department of the Interior mistakenly posted language on its oil and gas webpage that indicated royalty fees for leases would increase to 18.75%. The Department later removed the language, and a spokesperson for the Department said the decision to increase royalty rates was not yet final.
Feb. 8, 2022 Intervenor defendant, the American Petroleum Institute files a notice of appeal with the D.C. Circuit, challenging the D.C District Court’s decision to block Lease Sale 257 in the Gulf of Mexico. Friends of the Earth, et al. v. Haaland, et al., Docket No. 1:21-cv-02317 (D.D.C.).
Feb. 14, 2022 Louisiana, another intervenor defendant, files a notice of appeal in the D.C. Circuit case that blocked Lease Sale 257. Friends of the Earth, et al. v. Haaland, et al., Docket No. 22-05037 (D.C. Cir).
Feb. 14, 2022 The Biden administration asks the 5th Circuit to reverse the Western District of Louisiana’s decision that blocked the Biden administration’s moratorium on new oil and gas drilling on federal lands and waters. Among other issues, the Biden administration argues that Biden’s Executive Order 14008 is both lawful and unreviewable and that the plaintiffs relied on erroneous interpretations of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act and the Mineral Leasing Act. Louisiana v. Biden, Docket No. 21-30505 (5th Cir.)
Feb. 18, 2022 Environmental groups file a motion to dismiss for lack of jurisdiction in the D.C. Circuit case that blocked Lease Sale 257. Friends of the Earth, et al. v. Haaland, et al., Docket No. 22-05037 (D.C. Cir).
Feb. 22, 2022 A federal judge in the Western District of Louisiana blocks the Biden administration’s application of an interim social cost of carbon metric., Louisiana v. Biden, No. 21-cv-01074 (W.D. La.). For updates on the metric and this litigation, see our Social Cost of Greenhouse Gases tracker page. In light of this decision, the Biden administration announces that it will delay decisions on new oil and gas drilling on federal lands.
Feb. 28, 2022 The Biden administration announces that it will not appeal the District Court’s decision that canceled Lease Sale 257 in the Gulf of Mexico. Friends of the Earth, et al. v. Haaland, et al., Docket No. 1:21-cv-02317 (D.D.C.).
Mar. 8, 2022 The Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit denies an emergency motion by American Petroleum Institute to expedite the appeal of the District Court decision that canceled Lease Sale 257. Friends of the Earth, et al. v. Haaland, et al., Docket No. 22-05037 (D.C. Cir).
it's a summary I found and lays it out with links on Biden attacking oil.WOW! You laid that out perfectly. Can't wait for the leftist fools to try and challenge it.
Biden choking off the oil supply is a myth. The only thing limiting American oil production is the price of a barrel of oil. When gas prices are at an acceptable level for Americans much of our supply is too expensive to tap. Biden could hand out all the leases anyone could want but it's still the same thing. Americans don't want to pay for American oil.That's a good question, here is another. How is your fool going to reduce the cost of gasoline? Reopen pipelines or maybe get out of the way and encourage oil companies to spend the money needed to drill for more oil? If they do drill will Biden promise not to pull the rug out and once again get in the way?
We are down 5.5million barrels a day since the peak in 2-19. Production increased from Trump entering to 2019 by 5 million barrels a day. Russia exports 5 million barrels a day.Biden choking off the oil supply is a myth. The only thing limiting American oil production is the price of a barrel of oil. When gas prices are at an acceptable level for Americans much of our supply is too expensive to tap. Biden could hand out all the leases anyone could want but it's still the same thing. Americans don't want to pay for American oil.
Wait. You have me confused. If what you say is true, how the hell did Trump have gas prices near $2 a gallon? Can you splain that to me Lucy?Biden choking off the oil supply is a myth. The only thing limiting American oil production is the price of a barrel of oil. When gas prices are at an acceptable level for Americans much of our supply is too expensive to tap. Biden could hand out all the leases anyone could want but it's still the same thing. Americans don't want to pay for American oil.
There's thousands of oil wells out there they could pull up to and be pumping right away. Problem is it has to be 90+ dollars a barrel to make it profitable. We already pumped all our easy oil long ago. What's left on public lands is a temporary solution at best. We are not going to find a Kuwait sized pool of cheap oil. There's not an untapped supply anywhere in the world big enough to break the power OPEC has to control oil prices.We are down 5.5million barrels a day since the peak in 2-19. Production increased from Trump entering to 2019 by 5 million barrels a day. Russia exports 5 million barrels a day.
We have lost the export of Russia between the Covid BS and Biden attacking oil again. Trump you could get permission to drill in days........Biden NOT SO MUCH.....mayber 6 months,.
Wow, this is a candidate for the most clueless post of the year! It's only March, but well done.Get a mirror, moron. This is price gouging by oil companies, Biden has zero to do with it, and the Keystone pipeline has nothing to do with it either.
We get 3% of our oil from Russia. Nothing else has changed. Simpletons like you Trumpists just reflexively blame Biden.
I've shown data that says you are wrong.............Trump made it easy for drilling and they gobbled up............Fracking big time.......But the globalist couldn't take that so time for the small ones to go away............And now with Biden it's even worse.........lolThere's thousands of oil wells out there they could pull up to and be pumping right away. Problem is it has to be 90+ dollars a barrel to make it profitable. We already pumped all our easy oil long ago. What's left on public lands is a temporary solution at best. We are not going to find a Kuwait sized pool of cheap oil. There's not an untapped supply anywhere in the world big enough to break the power OPEC has to control oil prices.
Demand for oil plunged when the covid pandemic came along. Trump had practically nothing to do with that. US crude production came to virtual halt and gas prices were still cheap.Wait. You have me confused. If what you say is true, how the hell did Trump have gas prices near $2 a gallon? Can you splain that to me Lucy?
And now demand is up .............put the Trump policies back in place and drill again..........Demand for oil plunged when the covid pandemic came along. Trump had practically nothing to do with that. US crude production came to virtual halt and gas prices were still cheap.
I've shown data that says you are wrong.............Trump made it easy for drilling and they gobbled up............Fracking big time.......But the globalist couldn't take that so time for the small ones to go away............And now with Biden it's even worse.........lol
I've shown that assholes actions and it sure as hell isn't for drilling.....................And it is a fact that in 2019 we peaked at 17 million barrels a day and were the number one producer at the time............We have lost the export of Russia since then.
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As you retards keep ignoring the permit process.............More lies...........We increased to 17 million barrels a day a 5 million increase ON HIS WATCH. Not gonna happen with the drooling one...........I've shown his actions over and over again.........he......just like Obama had to be SUED TO get permits.Any lease Trump approved is only just now coming online if at all. If his actions resulted in the covid slump in gas prices we would still have cheap gas. Ignoring supply and demand for the sake of politics is stupid but not unexpected.
It's a fair question, answer straight up. If Biden gets the blame for rising gas prices shouldn't he get the credit if they go down?
Remember a few years ago when Saudi undercut American oil production by dumping oil on the open market? Turns out it costs a lot more to produce a barrel of American crude than Saudi crude. They collectively and continually adjust their production to keep the price right where they want it. The US is helpless to do anything about it. The oil companies and their pet politicians made damned sure of that.
Are you sure about this, they find them all the timeThere's thousands of oil wells out there they could pull up to and be pumping right away. Problem is it has to be 90+ dollars a barrel to make it profitable. We already pumped all our easy oil long ago. What's left on public lands is a temporary solution at best. We are not going to find a Kuwait sized pool of cheap oil. There's not an untapped supply anywhere in the world big enough to break the power OPEC has to control oil prices.
If gas prices goes back down we'll know all is good because there is a sane republican in office again.
Bill Clinton's mini recession started in 1999 that's why Bush Jr lowered taxes in his first yearYep, we've had the cheapest gas evah under last two Republicans...all they have to do now is figure out how not to have historic recessions that caused it.
I get that you want to blame Biden for everything but at least make some sort of attempt at plausibility. The blame Biden for gas prices petty vandalism attack is aimed at idiots who don't know shit about the oil business. Every time we get a gas price spike Americans miss yet another opportunity to discover just how helpless we are to ever bring down oil prices.As you retards keep ignoring the permit process.............More lies...........We increased to 17 million barrels a day a 5 million increase ON HIS WATCH. Not gonna happen with the drooling one...........I've shown his actions over and over again.........he......just like Obama had to be SUED TO get permits.
STFUI get that you want to blame Biden for everything but at least make some sort of attempt at plausibility. The blame Biden for gas prices petty vandalism attack is aimed at idiots who don't know shit about the oil business. Every time we get a gas price spike Americans miss yet another opportunity to discover just how helpless we are to ever bring down oil prices.
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We should experiment then and see if your theory is correctI get that you want to blame Biden for everything but at least make some sort of attempt at plausibility. The blame Biden for gas prices petty vandalism attack is aimed at idiots who don't know shit about the oil business. Every time we get a gas price spike Americans miss yet another opportunity to discover just how helpless we are to ever bring down oil prices.
