President Joe Biden shut down oil and gas lease sales from the nation’s vast public lands and waters in his first days in office, citing worries about climate change.
Now his administration has to figure out what do with the multibillion-dollar program without crushing a significant sector of the U.S. economy — and while fending off sharp criticism from congressional Republicans and the oil industry.
It’s unclear how much legal authority the government has to stop drilling on about 23 million acres (9 million hectares) previously leased to energy companies.
Interior Department launches a months-long review of the government’s petroleum sales with a virtual forum.
These actions doubled the price of Gasoline and require US reliance on the Middle East for their oil. With that, we are starting again our gimmicks and interfering in the Middle East as we did in the past including invasion, bombing etc.
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