Biden administration delays oil and gas lease sales again amid environmental protest
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The Biden administration delayed multiple oil and gas lease sales a second time late last week amid an ongoing protest from environmental groups opposing the sales.
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM), the agency tasked with overseeing oil and gas development on public lands, announced Friday the dates for three lease sales slated for New Mexico, Colorado and Wyoming would take place at the end of the month. The three sales had already been rescheduled once before for the same reason.
"The date for this sale has shifted slightly to complete the analyses required under the National Environmental Policy Act and allow time for protest resolution," the BLM said in its announcements Friday.
The BLM originally scheduled the New Mexico and Colorado sales for June 16 and the Wyoming sale for this week.
In addition, a separate oil and gas lease sale in Nevada scheduled for June 14 was delayed two weeks earlier this month. Two others set for June 28 in Utah and Montana haven’t been pushed back.
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