The Interior Department canceled its remaining offshore oil and gas lease sales for the year, escalating a fight with Republicans and the oil and gas industry. POLITICO’s Ben Lefebvre explains why the Biden administration made this move now and the political fallout.
The Interior Department canceled its remaining offshore oil and gas lease sales for the year, escalating a fight with Republicans and the oil and gas industry. POLITICO’s Ben Lefebvre explains why the Biden administration made this move now and the political fallout.
Josh Siegel is an energy reporter for POLITICO.
Ben Lefebvre is an energy reporter for POLITICO.
Nirmal Mulaikal is a POLITICO audio host-producer.
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Jenny Ament is the executive producer of POLITICO’s audio department.