Oil Industry Inflates Job Impact From Biden’s New Pause on Drilling on Federal Lands

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By Nick CunninghamJan 27, 2021, 2:27 pm227 pts
Read time: 7 mins On Wednesday, President Biden signed an executive order directing his Department of Interior to hit pause on entering new leases for oil and gas drilling on federal lands, the latest in a string of climate-related directives aimed at cutting greenhouse gas emissions. On the campaign trail,…

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