( September 2, 2025, 1:30 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — A panel of the District of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals on Aug. 29 ruled that the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) satisfied the requirements of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (OCSLA) when it drafted a program for offshore drilling in the Gulf of Mexico and, therefore, environmental groups’ challenge to the offshore leasing program in the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) failed....