Interior Secretary Accused of Defying U.S. Judge on Oil Leasing
- Senators rap Biden over delays scheduling new auctions
- Secretary Haaland insisted agency is following court order
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Six weeks after a federal judge ordered the Biden administration to resume selling oil and gas leases on federal land, there’s no sign it has and Interior Secretary Deb Haaland struggled Tuesday to explain why.
“We are evaluating our options,” Haaland told the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee amid sharp criticism from Republicans. “There’s a lot of work that goes into moving that forward.”