Nope.
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/envir...-ongoing-leasing-pause-in-new-biden-gulf-plan
https://www.hklaw.com/en/insights/p...terior-releases-new-onshore-oil-and-gas-lease
From the second article: "The U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) has announced the first onshore lease sale for drilling on federal lands since President Joe Biden took office, but the new leases will have different terms than all prior lease sales. The April 15, 2022, announcement comes after U.S. District Judge Terry Doughty of the Western District of Louisiana issued an injunction blocking the Biden Administration's pause on new federal oil and gas leasing. Doughty, an appointee of former President Donald Trump, argued that "The omission of any rational explanation in cancelling the lease sales, and in enacting the pause, results in this court ruling that plaintiff states also have a substantial likelihood of success on the merits of this claim." While the injunction is under appeal, DOI said it would take a new approach to its lease sales."
Also this (same article) - the administration's "new approach" includes:
- "Reduced the Acreage Originally Nominated by Industry by 80 Percent
- Interior Increased Onshore Royalties for the First Time Ever
- Lease Sales Including Analysis of the Social Costs of Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions"
