The Biden administration on Friday offered three oil and gas lease sales in the Gulf of Mexico between 2024 and 2029, the fewest in the nation's history as it conforms with language contained in the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). The Interior Department said in a news...
The Biden administration on Friday offered three oil and gas lease sales in the Gulf of Mexico between 2024 and 2029, the fewest in the nation's history as it conforms with language contained in the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act.
"The Biden-Harris administration is committed to building a clean energy future that ensures America's energy independence," Interior Secretary Deb Haaland said. "The Proposed Final Program, which represents the smallest number of oil and gas lease sales in history, sets a course for the Department to support the growing offshore wind industry and protect against the potential for environmental damage and adverse impacts to coastal communities.
"It's now clear without a shadow of a doubt that without the IRA, this administration would have ended federal oil and gas development completely," Manchin said in a news release. "But instead of embracing the all-of-the-above energy bill that was signed into law, this administration has once again decided to put their radical political agenda over American energy security, and the American people will pay the price.
"At a time when inflation runs rampant across the country, the Biden administration is choosing failed energy policies that are adding to the pain Americans are feeling at the pump," said Mike Sommers, president and CEO of the American Petroleum Institute, in a news release.
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