The Biden administration is proposing up to 10 oil and gas lease sales in the Gulf of Mexico and one in Alaska over the next five years. alnews alabamanewsnetwork
Friday’s announcement goes against the Democratic administration’s promises to end new drilling on public lands and waters.
But it scales back a Trump-era plan that called for dozens of offshore sales, including in undeveloped areas.A final decision is months away. Interior had suspended oil and gas lease sales in 2021 because of climate concerns but was forced to resume them by a federal judge in Louisiana.
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