Judge Says Biden’s Memos Banning Offshore Fracking Exceeded His Authority

( October 7, 2025, 11:58 AM EDT) -- LAKE CHARLES, La. — A federal judge in Louisiana has ruled that memoranda issued during the Biden administration that banned federal oil and gas leasing and development on most of the outer continental shelf (OCS) were “unlawful for exceeding the authority granted” by the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (OCSLA)....