The ban on new offshore oil and gas drilling that President Joe Biden put in place on his way out of office doesn’t apply to federal waters off the Louisiana coast, but state Attorney General Liz Murrill is challenging the action she calls “blatantly illegal.

After she promised to sue, AG Liz Murrill filed a federal lawsuit over Joe Biden's oil and gas drilling ban in the Lake Charles Division of the Western District of Louisiana.

President Donald Trump in an executive order on Monday revoked a ban imposed by former Democratic President Joe Biden on new offshore oil and gas development along most of the country's coastlines. Trump is certain to face legal challenges over his authority to do so.

President Donald Trump has attempted to reverse a ban on future oil and gas drilling in more than 625 million acres of federal water in a sweeping day-one executive order rescinding nearly 80 executive actions issued by former President Joe Biden.

Donald Trump in an executive order on Monday revoked a ban that had been imposed by former President of the United States Joe Biden on new offshore oil and gas development along most of the country's coastlines.