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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Via AP news wire

Court hearing: Did Biden legally suspend oil lease sales?

Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.

President Joe Biden legally called for suspending new and gas lease sales while considering their effect on climate change, and onshore and offshore sales were legally postponed, a federal attorney argued Tuesday.

The current offshore lease sale plan states specifically that the U.S. Secretary of the Interior “may reduce or cancel lease offerings on account of climate change,” Department of Justice attorney Andrew B. Bernie told a 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel.

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