Lawmakers glean little from Haaland on Interior’s next move on offshore oil, gas leasing

US Interior Secretary Deb Haaland offered lawmakers little insight into progress towards holding offshore oil and natural gas lease sales during a July 13 congressional hearing that saw Democrats urge the secretary to finalize a no-sales option while Republicans argued that approach would be nonsensical. The hearing, convened by a Senate Appropriations Committee panel to discuss the Interior Department’s $18.1…