New Interior offshore drilling plan draws mixed reviews
Story Date: 7/6/2022

 

Source: Benjamin J. Hulac, ROLL CALL, 7/5/22

The Biden administration’s latest offshore oil and gas drilling plan drew swift pushback from environmentalists and Democratic allies in Congress over its proposals for potential new drilling sites and from at least one industry group for a "lack of clear signals" to energy markets. In a proposal issued Friday evening, the Interior Department's Bureau of Ocean Energy Management sealed off the possibility of new leases in the Arctic, Atlantic and Pacific oceans. But it approved the option of 11 potential new lease sales — 10 in the Gulf of Mexico and one in Alaska’s Cook Inlet, south of Anchorage.

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