Citing climate change, a federal judge on Thursday invalidated recent oil and gas leases in the Gulf of Mexico.
In his ruling, U.S. District Court Judge Rudolph Contreras said the lease sale was invalid because an analysis by the Department of the Interior did not fully take into consideration how the leases will impact the climate. Contreras' decision cancels 1.7 million acres of leases, CNN reports.
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