Interior Says Inflation Reduction Act Moots Oil Lease Fight

By Keith Goldberg · September 19, 2022, 5:38 PM EDT

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...

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Case Information

Case Title

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

Case Number

Court

Appellate - DC Circuit

Nature of Suit

2893 Environmental Matters

Date Filed

February 11, 2022

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