complaint

States Filed Lawsuits Challenging Pause on Federal Oil and Gas Leasing Activities

Lawsuit challenging pause on new oil and gas leasing on public lands and in offshore waters.

Louisiana v. Biden

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ruling

District Court Issued Permanent Injunction on Biden Administration Pause on Oil and Gas Leasing

reply

Louisiana v. Biden - reply

opposition

Louisiana v. Biden - opposition

response

Louisiana v. Biden - response

amicus motion

Louisiana v. Biden - amicus motion

motion for summary judgment

Louisiana v. Biden - motion for summary judgment

amicus brief

Louisiana v. Biden - amicus brief

notice

Louisiana v. Biden - notice

order

Louisiana v. Biden - order

statement

Louisiana v. Biden - statement

Court Ordered Federal Defendants to Provide White House and Environmental Group Documents for Record in Challenge to Oil and Gas Leasing Pause

motion

Louisiana v. Biden - motion

judgment

Louisiana Federal Court Allowed States to Proceed with Challenge to “Pause” on Onshore and Offshore Leasing

report and recommendation

Louisiana v. Biden - report and recommendation

notice of appeal

Federal Government Proceeded with Offshore and Onshore Oil and Gas Leasing but Appealed Louisiana Federal Court Injunction

Louisiana v. Biden - notice of appeal

memorandum

Louisiana v. Biden - memorandum

Louisiana Federal Court Blocked Biden Administration “Pause” on New Oil and Gas Leases

motion to dismiss

Louisiana v. Biden - motion to dismiss

Louisiana Federal Court Denied Government’s Motion to Transfer in Challenge to Pause on Oil and Gas Leasing

Louisiana Federal Court Denied Conservation Groups’ Motion to Intervene in Challenge to Pause on Oil and Gas Leasing

Federal Defendants Sought to Move Louisiana Case to Wyoming

motion to intervene

Louisiana v. Biden - motion to intervene

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A set of principles, processes, and practices that build economic and political power to shift from an extractive economy to a regenerative economy.

Renewable energy means all forms of energy produced from renewable sources in a sustainable manner.

Fossil fuel is a generic term for non-renewable energy sources such as coal, fossil gas, and oil (including crude oil, and petroleum products), that can be used for electricity and heat generation. Fossil fuels are hydrocarbons formed from pressurised and heated organic material buried over millions of years.

Molecules in the atmosphere that play a key role in the greenhouse effect by trapping heat radiating from Earth’s surface.

Area of the economy in which actors engage in identical or related activities.

In human systems, the process of adjustment to actual or expected climate change and its effects, in order to moderate harm, increase resilience or exploit beneficial opportunities. In natural systems, the process of adjustment to actual climate change and its effects; human intervention may facilitate adjustment to expected climate change and its effects.

The management and allocation of funds, assets and investments to meet various objectives

Oil is a combustible liquid fossil fuel composed mainly of hydrocarbons, occurring as crude oil and refined into petroleum products such as petrol, diesel and kerosene.

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People who have left their homes, whether through force, voluntarily, or a mixture of both

Social and cultural groups that share collective ancestral ties to the lands and natural resources where they live, occupy or from which they have been displaced

People with different national or cultural traditions from the dominant population

This sector includes firms and individuals offering specialised expertise in fields such as law, accounting, consulting, science and engineering.

A ban is a legal action that prevents the sale or supply of a product or service, or that recalls a product from the market. Examples are bans on SF6, greenwashing, fossil fuel advertisement or single-use plastics.

Activities involving the catching, processing, and selling of fish for food, recreation, and industry.

Activities of government agencies and institutions that provide public services, enforce laws and manage public resources.

Social inclusion is the process of improving the terms on which individuals and groups take part in society—improving the ability, opportunity, and dignity of those disadvantaged on the basis of their identity.

Extreme weather refers to events where a weather variable exceeds (or falls below) a threshold. Meaning it is significantly different from the average or usual weather pattern.

People who are less able to respond to the effects of climate change due to having limited financial or physical assets

Conditions that enhance the feasibility of adaptation options. Enabling conditions include finance, technological innovation, strengthening policy instruments, institutional capacity, multi-level governance and changes in human behaviour and lifestyles.

Activities of businesses and institutions that provide financial services and products to individuals and organisations.

Actions or measures to adapt freshwater, coastal and marine systems to climate change.

Financial support to help individuals manage the effects of unexpected events, securing their livelihoods and increasing the resilience of people and businesses to the changing climate. It’s especially vital in developing regions where everyday risks, climate-related weather extremes, or crop failures can push people into poverty. Without insurance, people may have to resort to selling assets or cutting consumption to cope with losses.

The release of heat-trapping gases, primarily from human activities such as burning fossil fuels, agriculture and industry.

A financial institution that manages a country's currency and can promote climate-related initiatives through green monetary policy and other means.

Electricity generation from devices driven by the movement of salt water, differences in saltwater temperatures, or salinity gradients.

This sector involves activities to move goods and people, alongside the storage of products.

This sector involves the wholesale and retail selling of goods.

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Actions or measures to adapt terrestrial systems to climate change.

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Activities of industries that extract natural resources, such as mining, oil, and gas, for commercial use.

Activities that relate to the production of goods and services from forests.