WRITTEN BY THOMAS CATENACCI ON MAR 9, 2023. POSTED IN LATEST NEWS
Biden’s Schizoid Energy Policy Deepens: Delays Offshore Oil, Gas Leasing Again
haalandThe Biden administration quietly acknowledged in a court filing earlier this week that it won’t issue a final decision on future offshore oil and gas leasing until the end of 2023.
The Biden administration has stated that it will not make a final decision on offshore oil and gas leasing until the end of 2023. [emphasis, links added]
Department of Justice (DOJ) attorneys wrote in the briefing filed late Monday evening that the Interior Department (DOI) won’t be able to publish its highly-anticipated five-year offshore oil and gas leasing plan for at least another nine months.
The filing came in response to an ongoing lawsuit from fossil fuel industry groups led by the American Petroleum Institute (API), challenging the agency’s delay in issuing the plan.
https://climatechangedispatch.com/bidens-schizoid-energy-policy-deepens-delays-offshore-oil-gas-leasing-again/
