A rig and supply vessel are viewed in the Gulf of Mexico off the cost of Louisiana, April 10, 2011. A sale of federal Gulf of Mexico oil and gas leases that had been scheduled for Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2023, was officially postponed by the Biden administration on Thursday, Nov. 2. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — An upcoming sale of federal Gulf of Mexico oil and gas leases was officially postponed Thursday amid legal fights over protections for an endangered species of whale.
