By North Shore Louisiana News |
Sep 29, 2023
JEFFERSON, La. — In a significant blow to the Biden Administration's energy policies, a federal judge has ordered a halt to a decision that would have reduced the acreage of Lease Sale 261 and imposed additional restrictions on operations in the Gulf of Mexico. The court ruling comes after House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) raised concerns about the administration's back room deal with radical environmentalists, which he argues violated the law and circumvented Congress."I applaud the Court for correctly deciding that the Biden...