Wednesday’s auction could further test the loyalty of environmentalists and young Biden voters frustrated by the approval of the huge Willow drilling project in Alaska.
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The Biden administration will auction oil and gas leases across more than 114,000 square miles (295,000 square kilometers) in the Gulf of Mexico on Wednesday in a sale mandated by last year's climate bill compromise.
Oil companies offered a combined $264 million for drilling rights in the Gulf of Mexico on Wednesday in a sale mandated by last year’s climate bill compromise.