Oil companies offered a combined $264 million for drilling rights in the Gulf of Mexico in a sale today, which was mandated by last year’s climate bill compromise that prohibited leasing public lands for renewables without first offering acres for fossil fuels, while also raising the royalty rate companies pay. The auction was the first
$264M offered in Gulf oil lease sale held as part of climate bill compromise
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