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[–] goferking0@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/29/politics/biden-offshore-drilling-plan-climate/index.html

The five-year drilling plan “represents the smallest number of oil and gas lease sales in history,” Interior Secretary Deb Haaland said in a statement. The administration had previously proposed more drilling areas – up to 11 possible sales.

And then there's this approval in Alaska https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/nov/09/alaska-willow-oil-drilling-environment

[–] silence7@slrpnk.net 1 points 2 years ago

Yes, it's not zero; the Alaska thing is part of the deal cut to get the Inflation Reduction Act passed. That kind of not-perfectly-pure thing happens when you're forced to cut a deal with people paid off by the fossil fuels industry.

On net, Biden has sharply cut new leases: