The oil leasing plan being released by the Interior Department on Friday will contain only a low number of sales, according to people familiar with the deliberations.
The Biden administration is reaching out to the oil industry to inquire about restarting shuttered refineries, as the White House scrambles to address record high-gasoline prices.
President Biden called climate change an 'existential threat' and unveiled new policies to fight its effects - including opening additional offshore areas to wind farms