You have some real reading comprehension issues, I lend it to your incredible partisanship and a hunger for confirmation bias. Let me explain how things have went down. First, yes, in his first week in office the Biden administration announced they would sell no new leases on government land. Several Republican states sued and had the order nullified. The Biden administration continued to sell leases while the matter was litigated and sold them like hotcakes after the ruling. Here is an example from back in November,
Biden administration launching auction of more than 80m acres for fossil fuel extraction that experts call ‘incredibly reckless’
www.theguardian.com
And yes, as your link indicated, Biden reinstated the environmental cost factor of the Obama administration. Once again, Republican states sued to stop it. They won with a cock-eyed ruling, and the Biden administration said, fine, we will quit selling new leases. That was back in February of this year. My article clearly came from a few days ago, and the Biden administration is back to selling leases again.
But the really comical claim in your response,
The above were leases filed under Trump and then approved by Biden!
What total ignorance. You can't "apply" for a lease. You buy one, when they are offered at auction. And once you have the lease, you don't need flippin approval. From Biden himself,
“The oil and gas industry has millions of acres leased … they could be drilling right now, yesterday, last week, last year,” Biden said last week. “They are not using them for production now. That’s their decision.”
I mean this continued blaming of Biden for higher gas prices has only one component that is true. Biden has lifted us out of the near recession Trump's inept handling of Covid induced. I mean your gas price comparison, it is comically stupid. Gas is going to be cheap when people are holed up in their houses and afraid to go out. Like Du Huh. We are now getting out again. People are going on vacation, booking flights on airlines, purchasing hotel rooms, actually showing up at work instead of working from home. I mean you focus on the supply side, incorrectly I might add because supply is actually up, and ignore the demand side of the equation. That is what people obsessed with confirmation bias do, and that makes your posts, and your opinions, absolutely worthless.