I snipped the part about the judge saying no leases in the Gulf because you must have a subscription to read the entire article. The part I didn't post is basically oil people stating that this will cause a hit to the economy.

"WASHINGTON — A federal court has rejected a plan to lease millions of acres in the Gulf of Mexico for offshore oil drilling, saying the Biden administration did not adequately take into account the lease sale's effect on planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions, violating a bedrock environmental law.

The decision by U.S. District Judge Rudolph Contreras in Washington on Thursday sends the proposed lease sale back to the Interior Department to decide next steps. The judge said it was up to Interior to decide whether to go forward with the sale after a revised review, scrap it or take other steps.

Environmental groups hailed the decision and said the ruling gave President Joe Biden a chance to follow through on a campaign promise to stop offshore leasing in federal waters. The decision was released on the one-year anniversary of a federal leasing moratorium Biden ordered as part of his efforts to combat climate change.

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"We are pleased that the court invalidated Interior's illegal lease sale," said Brettny Hardy, a senior attorney for Earthjustice, one of the environmental groups that challenged the sale."