The ruling rejects the argument that not holding leases will mean other interests abroad will pick up the slack with dirtier fuel methods and thus create higher emissions.
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DC Circuit pushes back against greenwashing
A federal judge on Thursday canceled oil and gas leases of more than 80 million acres in the Gulf of Mexico, ruling that the Biden administration did not sufficiently take climate change into account when it auctioned the leases late last year.