Judge Vacates Leases For Gulf Of Mexico Drilling, Says Analysis Was ‘Arbitrary’

Mealey's (February 2, 2022, 10:15 AM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. —  A federal judge in the District of Columbia on Jan. 28 vacated and remanded the record of decision reached by federal agencies to support a lease sale for hydraulic fracturing in the Gulf of Mexico, determining that the agencies acted “arbitrarily and capriciously in excluding foreign consumption from their greenhouse gas emissions calculation” concerning the impact of drilling....