DOI Floats Five-Year Offshore Oil Drilling Plan Focused On Gulf Region

The Interior Department (DOI) is proposing a new five-year offshore oil and gas drilling plan that would allow up to 10 lease sales in the Gulf of Mexico and one in Alaska’s Cook Inlet, eliciting another round of dueling criticism from environmentalists and industry regarding the Biden administration’s approach to fossil fuel policy. On July 1, DOI’s released its 2023-2028 proposed leasing program for the national outer continental shelf (OCS) along with a draft programmatic environmental impact statement (PEIS), detailing...