The admin did try to ban new leases, until a Federal judge temporarily haled the ban: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/15/climate/biden-drilling-federal-land.ht

The admin did try to ban new leases, until a Federal judge temporarily haled the ban: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/15/climate/biden-drilling-federal-land.html https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/15/climate/biden-drilling-fe... https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/federal-judge-blocks-biden-s-ban-leases-drilling-public-lands-n1270972 https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/federal-judge...