"More than a dozen Republican-led states filed lawsuits against the Biden administration yesterday over its moratorium on new oil and gas leasing on federal lands and waters.
Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry (R) announced he was heading a 13-state challenge against the Interior Department, arguing the administration was "unraveling a long-standing statutory scheme" and was threatening middle-class jobs in the fossil fuel industry.
Wyoming has also separately filed its own challenge against the administration in a different federal court.
"By executive fiat, President Biden has not only conceded American leadership to foreign countries, but he has also doomed American jobs," Landry said in a livestreamed press conference yesterday."
Niina H. Farah reports for E&E News March 25, 2021.
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"Haaland Defends Leasing Pause During Interior Forum" (The Hill)
