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The Texas Tribune
The Texas Tribune
National
Nicholas Kusnetz, Inside Climate News

Biden plan could allow new offshore drilling in Gulf of Mexico

Unused oil rigs sit in the Gulf of Mexico near Port Fourchon, Louisiana August 11, 2010.
Unused oil rigs sit in the Gulf of Mexico. (Credit: REUTERS/Lee Celano)

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This week, the Biden administration took two of its biggest steps yet to open public lands to fossil fuel development, holding its first onshore lease sales and releasing a proposed plan for offshore drilling that could open parts of the Gulf of Mexico and Alaska’s Cook Inlet to leasing through 2028.

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