The Department of the Interior said late Wednesday that the Biden administration has canceled oil and gas lease opportunities in Alaska’s Cook Inlet.
The department said it made the decision because of a “lack of industry interest in leasing in the area.” It also ended consideration for two Gulf of Mexico leases as well.
The massive Cook Inset deal would have covered more than 1 million acres of federal land. The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management cited lack of interest as well in canceling lease sales in the area in 2006, 2008 and 2010.
President Joe Biden has long been cool to expanding oil and gas drilling, despite of the current gasoline prices. Environmental groups cheered the move by the White House.
“Big oil is using anything they can find to try to extend the life of a dying fossil fuel industry. They are lying when they say they need more leases,” Diane Hoskins, of the environmental group Oceana, told the Washington Post. “We cannot drill our way out of high gas prices, and it would take years or decades for any new leases to begin producing.”
Oil and gas industry advocates questioned the move with skyrocketing gasoline prices and the banning of imported oil from Russia during that country’s invasion of Ukraine.
“The president has spoken about the need for additional supplies in the market, but his administration has failed to take action to match that rhetoric,” Frank Macchairola, an official with the American Petroleum Institute, told CBS News.
“In the kind of price environment that we’re seeing, there are negative consequences to shutting off oil and gas development, both politically and practically.”
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Dementia???
NOPE—BRAIN DEAD !!!!!
this administration is making carters look good.
most of the american people are to dang stupid to realize that the demoncrats want to
destroy america and remake it a socialist / communist hell in its place.
The objective of the Socialist, Communist anti American, Comminist democrat party as you posted, wants to turn this country into another Comunist country and the Joe Biden administration is doing everything they can to dominate this Countries citizens. As James Madison once said, ” I believe there are more instances of the abridgement of freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments by those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations. ” The democrat party is busy day by day enslaving the American people until their freedoms are slowly taken from them and America will no longer be free , Just anothet country. Ruled by a dictatorship.
They certainly follow the rule or ruin mantra.
Once the treasonous, destructive, socialist Democrat Party destroys the U.S. economy and makes everyone dependent on government hand outs, The treasonous, destructive, socialist Democrat Party becomes the dictator and We the People are just servants, subjects and wards of the treasonous, destructive, socialist Democrat Party Dictatorship.
The reign of the Socialist Democrat Party State Dictatorship is just getting started.
The “Socialist Democrat Party State” political officers, Gestapo, Woke and Cancel Culture are just getting started.
You will obey, be loyal and support the policies of the “Socialist Democrat Party State” or you will be classified as “Enemies of the State” and “Domestic Terrorists”.
24 Aug. 2020 – Monday on MSNBC’s “Live,” House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA)
referred to President Donald Trump and his Republican supporters as
“domestic enemies” and “enemies of the State”.
They just changed what “Slavery” is.. Now rather than you being SOLD into it, and them owning you, the just make YOU dependent on them for everything..
Let’s Go Brandon !
ITS neither brain dead, nor stupidity. ITS THEIR GOAL to ruin this nation.
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democrat President , Joe Biden Cancels oil exploration In Alaska .
Which political party Is Leaving America unprepaired To defend Itself From All. Enemies.?
BOTH.. THe GOP for being too spineless to stop it, and the DNC FOR DOING IT.
President Joe Biden has long been cool to expanding oil and gas drilling, despite of the current gasoline prices. Environmental groups cheered the move by the White House.
^ Truth.
While the Biden administration is saying, “Drill, baby, drill,” every oil producer knows it’s only to try to survive through the 2022 elections. As soon as the results are in, it will be “Green Energy Only, shut down the rigs!”
Go Brandon !!
Just plain cruel and unusual punishment on the American people. Wake up, folks.
Common sense is dead in Washington. Common sense says produce oil ,so prices can come down. Since Russia wants to cut off oil to europe. Then common sense says America should produce more oil and sell it to europe. Then Europe can tell Putin where to put his.oil.
They have literally made common sense extinct in the DNC..
According to Fox News Fauci a Part Of The Joe Biden Adm. Democrat party machine , has been receiving Kick backs from companies doing business . This is the way the Democrat Biden administration has been doing business and now theres a shortage of Baby Formula At Stores , I guss That the Baby Formula companies didn’t pay off if they wanted to do any business, How could the Baby Formula People be so dumb.??
Did you see all those SHELVES filled with baby forumla, AT THOSE ILLEGAL INVADER Detention centers…
THEY CARE more for illegals, than they do CITIZENS!