White House Watch

Biden’s Climate Czar May Have Inadvertently Revealed Deep Dysfunction In The Administration

Top White House climate adviser Gina McCarthy copied a CBS News reporter on an email chain Wednesday announcing the administration would cancel a series of oil and gas lease sales.

“The Cook inlet sale was canceled. It is not proceeding,” McCarthy wrote to other White House officials in an email, CBS reported.

Another official reportedly responded immediately saying that a decision hadn’t been made yet. Interior Department (DOI) officials then reiterated that sentiment to CBS, also saying the agency hadn’t decided if it would move forward on the lease sales Wednesday evening.

It is unclear why the CBS News reporter was copied on the email, but the ensuing thread appeared to show disagreement and miscommunication over the administration’s energy policies as gasoline prices continue to hit all-time highs.

The administration eventually confirmed that it would cancel offshore oil and gas lease sales set for Alaska and the Gulf of Mexico. The DOI said the decision was made due to lack of industry interest in Alaska and legal issues in the Gulf of Mexico.

The canceled sales were the only remaining planned offshore lease sales.

“When we need to unleash American energy production, the Biden administration kills opportunities at every turn,” Republican Louisiana Sen. Bill Cassidy said in a statement Thursday.

“I can’t imagine a more tone-deaf, short-sighted decision that jeopardizes our economic and energy security without doing a single thing to help the environment or the American people,” said House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Bruce Westerman of Arkansas. “President Biden should call off his domestic energy attack dogs, put an actual commonsense plan in place, and for once try to make the situation better rather than Bidenizing it.”

McCarthy didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment from The Daily Caller News Foundation.

Content created by The Daily Caller News Foundation is available without charge to any eligible news publisher that can provide a large audience. For licensing opportunities of our original content, please contact licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org

Thomas Catenacci

Share
Published by
Thomas Catenacci

Recent Posts

Ron DeSantis Shows Off New Alligator-Friendly Facility For Illegals

Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis gave “Fox and Friends” co-host Steve Doocy a tour of…

6 hours ago

SCOTUS Gives Trump Admin a Win: Says Lower Court Exceeded Authority Blocking Birthright Citizenship Order

The Supreme Court sided with the Trump administration in its requests to partially enforce its…

7 hours ago

America Now Has One More ”Never Forget” Item To Remember

America has long been reminded to “never forget” the tragedy visited on our nation on…

7 hours ago

The Zohran Mamdani Revolution

They did it. They finally did it. Those maniacs. They blew it up. As New…

8 hours ago

Trump Learned the Lessons of Iraq

President Donald Trump has finally moved the United States past the traumas of the Iraq…

8 hours ago