Thursday, ahead of the comment deadline for the Department of the Interior’s proposed 5-year program for offshore leasing, hundreds of thousands of stakeholders, community leaders, grassroots advocates and individual citizens called on Interior to open offshore acreage to safe and environmentally responsible American energy development.
President Biden has waged a war on fossil fuels, hampering domestic production even as he has turned to foreign dictators in Saudi Arabia and Venezuela for more oil.
Oil industry leaders on an Oct. 6 call urge the Biden administration to quickly approve all 11 potential offshore lease sales in the 2023-2028 proposed plan for the Outer Continental Shelf.