In his latest clash with the White House, Sen. Joe Manchin III sharply criticized the Biden administration Wednesday for delays on a new federal offshore drilling plan that the Interior Department does not want to release until December.
Manchin, who remains a key swing vote in the Senate, has recently pushed back against the administration for its appointments and its implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act, including on how it affects oil and natural gas leasing in Alaska.
The industry’s largest trade group, the American Petroleum Institute, has sued over the delays — which have been developing since the Trump administration — and has asked the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit to order Interior to approve a new program by Sept. 30. Interior officials said in their court brief Monday that that is not enough time and, further, that the judges should reject the API’s request because the group does not have standing to file such a challenge.
“We’re 250 days from when the last five-year plan expired,” API President Mike Sommers said in an interview Monday. “So are they going to do a five-year plan that actually encourages development in the Gulf of Mexico?”Manchin has expressed outrage in recent weeks at several policies of the administration, especially over how it is fulfilling the energy and climate provisions of last year’s Inflation Reduction Act.
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