Court Issues Nationwide Preliminary Injunction

Court Issues Nationwide Preliminary Injunction, Blocking Biden Administration’s Pause on New Oil and Gas Leases

Attorney General Ken Paxton

AUSTIN – Attorney General Paxton announced that a district judge has issued a nationwide preliminary injunction on the Biden Administration’s oil and gas leasing moratorium, which intended to put a pause on the sale of new oil and gas leases on federal public lands and offshore waters by an executive order issued January 27, 2021. The executive order was a clear violation of the Administrative Procedure Act, the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, and the Mineral Leasing Act. […]