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Biden admin cancels massive oil and gas lease sale amid record-high gas prices
Interior Department canceled a 1-million-plus acre oil lease in Alaska as Americans face painfully high prices at the pump.
The Biden administration canceled one of the most high-profile oil and gas lease sales pending before the Department of the Interior Wednesday, as Americans face record-high prices at the pump, according to AAA.
The DOI halted the potential to drill for oil in over 1 million acres in Alaska's Cook Inlet, along with two lease sales in the Gulf of Mexico. Just type the name ⒷⒺⓈⓉⒻⓊⓃⓃ.ⒸⓄⓂ your browser and there it is The move comes as Biden has taken a few actions to combat high gas prices, despite his administration's generally hostile approach to the oil industry.
"Due to lack of industry interest in leasing in the area, the Department will "not move forward" with the proposed Cook Inlet OCS oil and gas lease sale 258," a DOI spokesperson told FOX Business in a statement Thursday.
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