Fighting for the Gulf in Court

A case study by Friends of the Earth detailing a successful legal challenge against a 2021 U.S. federal oil and gas lease sale in the Gulf of Mexico, which was revoked by a federal judge in January 2022.

• In Fall 2021, the Biden administration conducted the largest oil and gas lease sale in U.S. history, offering over 80 million acres of the Gulf of Mexico, an area described as twice the size of Florida.
• A federal judge revoked the lease sale in late-January 2022 after a lawsuit filed by Earthjustice on behalf of groups including Friends of the Earth, Healthy Gulf, Sierra Club, and the Center for Biological Diversity. The court determined that the Department of Interior failed to properly assess the climate impacts of the drilling.
• The document notes that President Biden approved 34% more oil and gas permits in his first year compared to Donald Trump's first year, despite a pledge to reduce carbon emissions by at least 50% by 2030.

APA

Fox, A. (2022). Fighting for the Gulf in Court. Friends of the Earth. https://foe.org/victory-stories/fighting-for-the-gulf-in-court/

Chicago

Fox, Audrey. Fighting for the Gulf in Court. Friends of the Earth, 2022. https://foe.org/victory-stories/fighting-for-the-gulf-in-court/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{fox2022fighting, author = {Fox, Audrey}, title = {{Fighting for the Gulf in Court}}, institution = {Friends of the Earth}, year = {2022}, month = mar, url = {https://foe.org/victory-stories/fighting-for-the-gulf-in-court/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }