Institute for Energy Research: Biden Reduces Acreage in GOM Oil and Gas Lease Sale
September 01, 2023
September 01, 2023
WASHINGTON, Sept. 1 -- The Institute for Energy Research issued the following agency statement on Aug. 31, 2023:
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* The Biden Administration has reduced the size of the legally required oil and gas offshore lease sale scheduled in September, ostensibly to protect the Rice whale.
* The Interior Department reduced acreage by almost 10 percent after capitulating to oil and gas opponents who had sued over the Gulf of Mexico sale.
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* The Biden Administration has reduced the size of the legally required oil and gas offshore lease sale scheduled in September, ostensibly to protect the Rice whale.
* The Interior Department reduced acreage by almost 10 percent after capitulating to oil and gas opponents who had sued over the Gulf of Mexico sale.
* This is the . . .