Top domestic climate adviser Gina McCarthy says she is "leaving no stone unturned" to meet President Joe Biden's goals. Her office's critics say it's producing interference and delay.
The Interior Department confirmed Wednesday that it will not hold three oil and gas lease sales in the Gulf of Mexico and off the coast of Alaska that had been scheduled to take place, taking millions of acres off the auction block.
Environmentalists and some Democrats warned the bipartisan talks could waste time that would be better spent striking a deal on President Biden's stalled climate and social spending agenda.
