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January 28, 2022

Federal Judge Cancels Biden Administration's Largest-Ever Offshore Drilling Lease Sale
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A federal judge in Washington, D.C., has canceled oil and gas leases in
the Gulf of Mexico, ruling the Biden administration's auction of 80
million acres last year failed to sufficiently account for the climate
crisis. It's a major victory for environmentalists who've been fighting
what would have been the largest sale of offshore oil and gas leases in
U.S. history.


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