Trevor Bexon/Shutterstock US President Joe Biden’s recent decisions to green light a high-profile Alaska oil project and a major US Gulf lease sale are drawing backlash from left-leaning Democrats.The administration had legal constraints in play with both decisions, but to help manage the optics of the lease sale sought to showcase its offshore wind strategy.Political fallout within Biden’s own party may be short-lived, but highlights the problems that can flare up around the administration's "carrots not sticks" approach to climate policy. Save for later Print Download Share LinkedIn Twitter The Issue
