There is a major difference between long term investments (selling federal land leases) and encouraging short/medium term supply (use of existing leases, encouraging more oil production from existing facilities).
I see no incoherence in denying _new_ leases, since O&G sector is already sitting on many existing leases [1], and in the _long_ term I think we need to drastically reduce the production of oil and gas to lessen the damage of climate change. The moves to deny new leases is in line with those views/meets my expectation of encouraging medium-term supply without a long-term commitment to fossil fuels.
I see no incoherence in denying _new_ leases, since O&G sector is already sitting on many existing leases [1], and in the _long_ term I think we need to drastically reduce the production of oil and gas to lessen the damage of climate change. The moves to deny new leases is in line with those views/meets my expectation of encouraging medium-term supply without a long-term commitment to fossil fuels.
[1]: https://www.americanprogress.org/article/oil-gas-companies-l...