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Fourteen U.S. states including Louisiana and Wyoming filed suits on Wednesday against President Joe Biden’s administration to challenge his pause on new oil and gas leasing on federal lands and waters.
The legal actions, which seek to restore regular federal drilling auctions, come a day before the administration is set to launch a review of the oil and gas leasing program.
Biden, a Democrat, in January signed an executive order putting on hold new leasing pending that review. During his election campaign, he pledged to end new federal leasing as part of a sweeping plan to address climate change.
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