Western Energy Alliance v. Biden et al

  1. August 31, 2021

    Biden Reverses Pause On New Oil And Gas Lease Sales

    The Biden administration took steps Tuesday to open up new oil and gas lease sales on public land, ending an earlier effort to put those sales on ice that drew harsh criticism from industry and Republican-led states.

  2. July 01, 2021

    Wyo. Court Won't Enjoin Biden's Already-Paused Lease Freeze

    A Wyoming federal judge found he need not consider requests asking him to block the Biden administration's pause of new federal oil and gas leasing because another court's nationwide injunction largely grants the relief requested by the Equality State and industry groups.

  3. June 24, 2021

    Feds Say Oil And Gas Lease Injunction Doesn't Stop Wyo. Suit

    The federal government wants to continue its fight with Wyoming over the Biden administration's decision to pause new federal oil and gas lease sales despite a nationwide preliminary injunction blocking the administration's action issued by a Louisiana federal judge. 

  4. June 08, 2021

    US Says States, Industry Can't Stop Oil And Gas Lease Pause

    The federal government on Monday asked federal courts in Louisiana and Wyoming to reject efforts to sink the Biden administration's decision to cancel oil and gas lease sales for the first and second quarters of 2021.

  5. May 12, 2021

    Green Groups OK'd To Join Biden's Wyo. Oil Lease Fight

    Conservation groups were given the go-ahead on Wednesday to defend the Biden administration's decision to halt new oil and gas leasing on federal lands, which the state of Wyoming and industry groups have called an overreach and harmful to the economy.

  6. April 20, 2021

    Ski Resorts Join Green Groups To Support Oil, Gas Lease Halt

    Conservation groups and outdoorsy companies rallied behind the Biden administration's halt on new oil and gas leasing activities on federal lands by seeking to intervene in support of the temporary ban, which has been challenged in two lawsuits by the state of Wyoming and oil and gas industry groups.

  7. January 28, 2021

    Industry Group Challenges Biden Federal Lands Leasing Halt

    The Western Energy Alliance filed a federal court challenge against President Joe Biden's executive order instructing officials to halt new oil and gas leasing on federal lands so that the underlying policy can be reviewed, arguing the president's action is an economically harmful overreach.