The Biden administration moved forward with an enormous 73-million-acre Gulf of Mexico fossil fuel lease sale Wednesday, bucking climate activists who opposed the action.
Fox News senior national correspondent Rich Edson reports that energy companies want Congress to speed up the construction permitting process, currently opposed by Biden.on Wednesday, resisting pleas from climate activists to block all new fossil fuel leasing.
While the fossil fuel industry applauded Lease Sale 259 on Wednesday, it reiterated previous calls for consistent leasing in the Gulf of Mexico. The Biden administration has only held offshore oil and gas lease sales when mandated to do so by congressional action and has repeatedly delayed finalizing a plan for future auctions.
"Continued production in the Gulf of Mexico is essential for delivering the energy the world needs while supporting lower carbon goals, but U.S. energy producers need certainty from policymakers in order to meet the growing energy demand," she continued. five-year offshore leasing plan BIDEN ADMIN GIVES TOP ENERGY POST TO CLIMATE ACTIVIST WHO FAILED SENATE CONFIRMATION OVER ETHICS CONCERNS
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