Reneging on Campaign Promise, Biden Will Reopen Public Lands for Fossil Fuel Leases - Progressive Hub

By Jon Queally, Common Dreams

Climate groups are expressing deep concern following an Interior Department announcement Monday that the Biden administration will resume oil and gas drilling leases on public lands and waters—a practice President Joe Biden vowed to ban during his 2020 run for the White House—in response to a federal court ruling.

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