Friends of the Earth, et al v. Debra Haaland, et al

  1. April 28, 2023

    DC Circ. Says Legislation Moots Gulf Oil Lease Sale Fight

    The D.C. Circuit wiped out a ruling on Friday that the Biden administration botched an environmental analysis for a massive Gulf of Mexico drilling lease sale, agreeing with the federal government that the case is now moot because the Inflation Reduction Act ordered it to conduct the lease sale.

  2. January 12, 2023

    API, Louisiana Defend Challenge Of Tossed Gulf Oil Lease

    The American Petroleum Institute and Louisiana told the D.C. Circuit they can appeal a district judge's order vacating a massive oil lease sale in the Gulf of Mexico because the special circumstances of the transaction override a rule barring private parties' challenge to government agency remands.

  3. December 15, 2022

    Feds Say Gulf Oil Lease Is Forced By Inflation Reduction Act

    The federal government pushed the D.C. Circuit to toss a ruling that it botched an environmental analysis for a Gulf of Mexico lease sale, arguing the Inflation Reduction Act directs it to move forward regardless — a position some Democratic members of Congress took exception to in separate filings.

  4. November 28, 2022

    Green Groups Say New Law Does Not Moot Oil Lease Fight

    Environmental advocacy groups have asked the D.C. Circuit to reject the federal government's assertion that pending litigation over a massive offshore drilling lease sale in the Gulf of Mexico is rendered moot by the Inflation Reduction Act.

  5. September 26, 2022

    Oil Lease Sale Backers Paint 'Distorted Picture,' DC Circ. Told

    The D.C. Circuit shouldn't revive an offshore drilling lease sale struck down by a trial court, environmentalists and a Native American nonprofit said, because the planned sale to Shell, Chevron and others would have treated the Gulf of Mexico as a "sacrifice zone of fossil fuels available for extraction."

  6. September 19, 2022

    Interior Says Inflation Reduction Act Moots Oil Lease Fight

    The U.S. Department of the Interior has told the D.C. Circuit that litigation over an offshore drilling lease sale is moot after the recently enacted Inflation Reduction Act directed the agency to reinstate the sale that a lower court previously invalidated.

  7. June 13, 2022

    Shell Says Gulf Oil Lease Wipeout Undermines US Interests

    A court ruling that vacated the largest offshore oil and gas lease sale in U.S. history undermines trust in contracts with the government, Shell says in an amicus brief backing Louisiana and the American Petroleum Institute's request that the D.C. Circuit overturn the ruling.

  8. June 07, 2022

    Louisiana, API Urge DC Circ. To Revive Offshore Lease Sale

    Louisiana and the American Petroleum Institute have told the D.C. Circuit that a lower court upended long-standing processes for analyzing environmental impacts of energy projects by vacating the largest offshore oil and gas lease sale in U.S. history, and called for it to be revived.

  9. March 02, 2022

    Groups Say Fight Over Nixed Offshore Lease Sale Must Wait

    Conservation groups called on the D.C. Circuit to toss the appeal of an order vacating one of the largest oil and gas lease sales in American history, arguing the fossil fuel industry must wait until the U.S. Department of the Interior makes a final decision to launch a challenge.

  10. February 14, 2022

    Oil Group Wants Speedy Appeal In Offshore Lease Ban Row

    The fossil fuel industry wants quick action on a recent ruling blocking one of the largest oil and gas lease sales in American history, arguing industry bidders could be hurt without fast action.