Center for Biological Diversity: WASHINGTON The Interior Department finalized a plan today to conduct offshore oil and gas lease sales over the next five years. The plan offers 3 auctions between 2024 and 2029 in the Gulf of Mexico.
The Biden administration's plan to hold just three offshore oil and gas lease through 2029 was blasted by Republicans, Democrats, environmentalists and the fossil fuel industry.
The Biden administration is steering a middle path on offshore oil lease sales, a decision that displeases the industry and its Republican supporters as well as environmental.