The U.S. Interior Department this week will hold its first onshore oil and gas auctions since President Joe Biden took office, a setback to his administration's early efforts to end federal drilling to fight climate change.
The lease sales will run Wednesday to Thursday and will cover more than 140,000 acres across eight Western states, posing a test of the drilling industry's demand for new prospects at a time of soaring global energy prices.
Biden had campaigned on a promise to end federal drilling to fight global warming, but has since urged oil producers to rapidly ramp up output to help consumers suffering from record prices at the pumps. Biden's Interior Department initially proposed 340,000 acres for this week's auctions, but gradually removed parcels it said were too environmentally sensitive.
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