Obama officials to consider reinstating some oil- and gas-drilling leases

latimes.com

Jun. 11, 2009

An Interior Department report to be released today criticizes 77 leases issued as George W. Bush was leaving office but also opens the door for 30 of them to be reinstated or re-auctioned. Under intense pressure from Republican lawmakers, the Obama administration is considering whether to...

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