DOI Expected To Limit Oil & Gas Leasing Despite Ruling Blocking Pause

The Department of Interior (DOI) appears poised to pursue new conditions for fossil-fuel extraction on public lands based in part on climate concerns, including a rulemaking raising royalties, despite a recent court decision blocking the Biden administration’s temporary pause on new oil and gas leasing. Public indications from DOI of future actions -- as well as predictions from observers -- come amid fallout over a June 15 preliminary injunction from the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana...