Biden Forced to Conduct
O&G Lease Sale Amid Jeff Landry Court Win
NEW ORLEANS, LA – After a federal court ruled in favor
of Attorney General Jeff Landry, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM)
today conducted the first Gulf oil and gas lease sale of 2021. Lease Sale 257 –
which is expected to generate over $100 million for the State of Louisiana in
the next year alone – was held after Attorney General Landry won an historic, nationwide injunction against the
Biden Administration’s attempts to stop sales on federal lands.
At a press avail held outside the BOEM Building in New Orleans
this morning – Attorney General Landry declared the sale as a win not only for
the hundreds of thousands of Louisianans in the energy industry, but also for
the hundreds of millions of Americans who rely on affordable and dependable
energy.
“Despite Joe Biden’s aggressive, reckless abuse of
Presidential power to ban domestic energy development – we have delivered a
victory for American families suffering from the pain at the pump and the cost
to power their homes,” said Attorney General Landry.
Attorney General Landry also noted the impact these
sales have on coastal restoration and hurricane protection in the Bayou State.
“Lease sales generate millions and millions of dollars dedicated to
environmental protection projects.”
While Lease Sale 257 is welcomed news to the State,
Attorney General Landry noted his lawsuit against the
Biden Ban continues.
“The Biden’s Administration has not taken any public
action that would indicate they are working to timely develop the critical
5-year program beginning in 2022; without that program, we will continue to see
increases of energy prices,” concluded Attorney General Landry. “Our fight
against the President’s unconscionable attack on American energy is far from
over.”