The upcoming sale of federal Gulf of Mexico oil and gas leases was officially postponed today amid legal fights over protections for an endangered species of whale.
Bidding on the leases had been set for next Wednesday. President Joe Biden's administration announced the sale earlier this year. But it was scaled back by millions of acres as part of an agreement to protect the endangered Rice's whale.
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