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American Petroleum Institute, Energy Industry Trade Groups File Lawsuit Against Department of Interior's Indefinite Federal Leasing Pause
August 17, 2021
WASHINGTON, Aug. 17 (TNSPol) -- The American Petroleum Institute issued the following news release on Aug. 16, 2021:

The American Petroleum Institute (API) and 11 other energy industry trade groups today filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana challenging the U.S. Department of the Interior's (DOI's) indefinite pause on oil and natural gas leasing on federal lands and waters.

"With the indefinite pause on federal o . . .

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