The US Interior Department, as promised, has moved forward with steps to restart oil and natural gas leasing on public lands and offshore waters, but environmental groups and progressive lawmakers have made moves that could now scuttle those plans. The first lease sale of the Biden administration, for the Gulf of Mexico, could come as …

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