Offshore drilling leases covering 1.7 million acres of federal waters in the Gulf of Mexico will remain in place after a federal appeals court said last year's $430 billion Inflation Reduction Act, the biggest climate change package in U.S. history, mandated they be issued to the highest bidders.
U.S. reinstated leases after passage of Biden climate bill
The D.C. Circuit said the law "makes clear" that those leases are no longer subject to requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act, which requires a thorough look at environmental impacts of proposed major federal actions.The Inflation Reduction Actof funding to address climate concerns, but also protected federal drilling auctions President Joe Biden had previously promised to end.
Earthjustice attorney Steve Mashuda, who represented the environmental groups, said in a statement that the decision will harm Gulf communities and ecosystems.
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