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Department of the Interior Proposed Final Program includes a maximum of three potential oil and gas lease sales – the fewest oil and gas lease sales in history – in the Gulf of Mexico.

The plan includes a historically low number of proposed sales

Washington, Sept. 29, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- President Biden announced plans today to expand offshore drilling in the Gulf of Mexico as part of his final proposed National Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing

The sales under this program would lock the U.S. into up to 70 additional years of offshore oil and gas extraction, further burdening the health of Gulf communities and imperiling our climate.

United States to expand offshore drilling in Gulf of Mexico, putting communities and climate in jeopardy...

Biden unfortunately has once again chosen Big Oil profits over what's right for the climate and Gulf communities.

"Sacrificing millions of acres in the Gulf is a gross denial of reality by Joe Biden in the face of climate catastrophe," said Collin Rees.

Oil & gas industry defeats Biden administration in court... Again.

A group of House Democrats penned a letter Thursday to several top Biden administration and White House officials, demanding the immediate continuance of uninterrupted offshore oil and gas leasing. The Democrats -- led by Rep. Vicente Gonzalez, D-Texas -- called for the Department of the Interior (DOI) to immediately issue its legally mandated plan for

A group of House Democrats is asking the Biden administration to work quickly to outline plans for offshore oil and gas leasing over the next five years.