Biden approves controversial Willow oil drilling project in Alaska
1 year, 9 months ago

Biden approves controversial Willow oil drilling project in Alaska

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The announcement comes a day after the administration, in a big conservation move, said it would bar or limit drilling in some other areas of Alaska and the Arctic Ocean The Biden administration said Monday it is approving the controversial major Willow oil project on Alaska’s petroleum-rich North Slope, one of President Joe Biden’s most consequential climate choices that is likely to draw condemnation from environmentalists who say it flies in the face of the Democratic president’s pledges. Biden’s Willow plan would allow three drill sites initially, which project developer ConocoPhillips has said would include about 219 total wells. Christy Goldfuss, a former Obama White House official who now is a policy chief at the Natural Resources Defense Council, said she was “deeply disappointed’’ at Biden’s decision to approve Willow, which NRDC estimates would generate planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions equivalent to more than 1 million homes. Anticipating that reaction among environmental groups, the White House announced on Sunday that Biden will prevent or limit oil drilling in 16 million acres in Alaska and the Arctic Ocean.

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Alaska governor asks Trump to roll back restrictions on oil and gas drilling
3 days, 17 hours ago

Alaska governor asks Trump to roll back restrictions on oil and gas drilling

Associated Press  

JUNEAU, Alaska — Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s wish list for the incoming Trump administration includes oil and gas exploration in the pristine Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and reversing restrictions on logging and road-building in a temperate rainforest that provides habitat for wolves, bears and salmon. Dunleavy has asked President-elect Donald Trump to issue a state-specific executive order that would set …

Alaska is a climate victim and a perpetrator. The next four years will only make matters worse
1 week, 4 days ago

Alaska is a climate victim and a perpetrator. The next four years will only make matters worse

LA Times  

Caribou gather in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in June. “I’m just waiting to start hearing methane explosions like they do in Russia,” says Bethel, Alaska, City Council Member Mark Springer. A 2023 NASA aerial spectrometer study found some 2 million “hot spots,” often associated with areas scorched by wildfire, emitting more than 3,000 parts per million of methane between …

Trump prepares wide-ranging energy plan to boost gas exports, oil drilling, sources say
3 weeks, 5 days ago

Trump prepares wide-ranging energy plan to boost gas exports, oil drilling, sources say

Hindustan Times  

* Trump prepares wide-ranging energy plan to boost gas exports, oil drilling, sources say Plan includes lifting Biden's pause on LNG export licenses * Trump will seek to expedite drilling permits on federal land * Trump to seek to boost sales of offshore oil drilling leases By Jarrett Renshaw Nov 25 - Donald Trump's transition team is putting together a …

Alaska political leaders hope to see Trump undo restrictions on oil drilling
1 month, 1 week ago

Alaska political leaders hope to see Trump undo restrictions on oil drilling

Associated Press  

JUNEAU, Alaska — President-elect Donald Trump promised repeatedly during his campaign to expand oil drilling in the U.S., which is good news for political leaders in Alaska, where oil is the economic lifeblood and many felt the Biden administration has obstructed efforts to boost the state’s diminished production. A debate over drilling on federal lands on Alaska’s petroleum-rich North Slope …

Biden administration will limit drilling in Arctic refuge as it secures president’s legacy
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Biden administration will limit drilling in Arctic refuge as it secures president’s legacy

CNN  

CNN — Hours after former President Donald Trump was declared the winner of the 2024 election, the Biden administration moved Wednesday to limit oil drilling in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Although President Joe Biden approved the major new Willow oil drilling project on Alaska’s North Slope, his administration has also put in protections for a vast amount of Alaskan …

Biden administration will limit drilling in Arctic refuge as it secures president’s legacy
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Biden administration will limit drilling in Arctic refuge as it secures president’s legacy

CNN  

CNN — Hours after former President Donald Trump was declared the winner of the 2024 election, the Biden administration moved Wednesday to limit oil drilling in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Although President Joe Biden approved the major new Willow oil drilling project on Alaska’s North Slope, his administration has also put in protections for a vast amount of Alaskan …

Opinion: Whatever Big Oil wants, Big Oil gets. As long as it bankrolls Trump
7 months ago

Opinion: Whatever Big Oil wants, Big Oil gets. As long as it bankrolls Trump

LA Times  

Then-President Trump points at Harold Hamm, head of North Dakota’s largest oil company, Continental Resources, at an event in 2019. What better sign could there be that we’re drowning in political outrage, that we’re inured to it, than this: A national newspaper scooped this month that Donald Trump gathered about two dozen oil industry executives for a chopped steak dinner …

Biden moves to limit oil drilling and mineral mining in Alaska, in latest win for greens
8 months ago

Biden moves to limit oil drilling and mineral mining in Alaska, in latest win for greens

Politico  

Biden said in a statement he was “proud that my Administration is taking action to conserve more than 13 million acres in the Western Arctic and to honor the culture, history, and enduring wisdom of Alaska Natives who have lived on and stewarded these lands since time immemorial.” But Murkowski and other GOP senators held a press conference Thursday to …

Joe Biden Just Made It More Expensive To Drill On Public Lands
8 months, 1 week ago

Joe Biden Just Made It More Expensive To Drill On Public Lands

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING President Joe Biden’s administration on Friday finalized a new rule to modernize the long-outdated federal oil and gas leasing program. The final rule, which appears unchanged from Interior’s proposal last year, raises the royalties that companies pay to the U.S. government for oil and gas extracted from public lands, from a stagnant 12.5% to 16.67%. David Zalubowski …

Biden Plans Sweeping Effort to Block Arctic Oil Drilling
8 months, 1 week ago

Biden Plans Sweeping Effort to Block Arctic Oil Drilling

Hindustan Times  

The US set aside 23 million acres of Alaska’s North Slope to serve as an emergency oil supply a century ago. Company executives and Alaska lawmakers have increasingly raised alarm over the plan, saying it could thwart oil and gas development across much of the reserve, even on existing leases. “It would openly defy federal law while ignoring rising energy …

Oil and gas companies must pay more to drill on federal lands under new Biden administration rule
8 months, 1 week ago

Oil and gas companies must pay more to drill on federal lands under new Biden administration rule

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Oil and gas companies will have to pay more to drill on federal lands and satisfy stronger requirements to clean up old or abandoned wells under a final rule issued Friday by the Biden administration. The new rule does not go so far as to prohibit new oil and gas leasing on federal lands, as many environmental groups …

Appeals court weighs whether to let stand Biden’s approval of Willow oil project in Alaska
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Appeals court weighs whether to let stand Biden’s approval of Willow oil project in Alaska

Associated Press  

JUNEAU, Alaska — An appeals court panel is deciding whether to let stand the Biden administration’s approval of the massive Willow oil project in a federal petroleum reserve on Alaska’s North Slope. Circuit Court of Appeals panel Monday in San Francisco focused largely on the groups’ claims that the U.S. Bureau of Land Management did not consider a “reasonable” range …

Oil companies offer $382M for drilling rights in Gulf of Mexico in last offshore sale before 2025
1 year ago

Oil companies offer $382M for drilling rights in Gulf of Mexico in last offshore sale before 2025

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Oil companies offered $382 million for drilling rights in the Gulf of Mexico on Wednesday after courts rejected the Biden administration’s plans to scale back the sale to protect an endangered whale species. It comes as President Joe Biden’s Democratic administration tries to navigate between energy companies seeking greater oil and gas production and environmental activists who want …

Judge rejects calls to halt winter construction work on Willow oil project in Alaska during appeal
1 year ago

Judge rejects calls to halt winter construction work on Willow oil project in Alaska during appeal

Associated Press  

JUNEAU, Alaska — A federal judge in Alaska on Friday rejected requests from environmental groups to halt winter construction work for the massive Willow oil project on Alaska’s North Slope while the groups’ legal fight over the drilling project wages on. U.S. District Court Judge Sharon Gleason just last month upheld the Biden administration’s approval in March of the ConocoPhillips …

Judge in Alaska upholds Biden administration’s approval of the massive Willow oil-drilling project
1 year, 1 month ago

Judge in Alaska upholds Biden administration’s approval of the massive Willow oil-drilling project

Associated Press  

JUNEAU, Alaska — A federal judge on Thursday upheld the Biden administration’s approval of the massive Willow oil-drilling project on Alaska’s remote North Slope, a decision that environmental groups swiftly vowed to fight. The administration has defended its climate record, and Interior Secretary Deb Haaland earlier this year called Willow “a very long and complicated and difficult decision to make,’’ …

Biden backs new offshore drilling in the Gulf of Mexico. Scaled-back plan disappoints all sides
1 year, 2 months ago

Biden backs new offshore drilling in the Gulf of Mexico. Scaled-back plan disappoints all sides

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden’s administration on Friday proposed up to three oil and gas lease sales in the Gulf of Mexico, but none in Alaska, as it tries to navigate between energy companies seeking greater oil and gas production and environmental activists who want Biden to shut down new offshore drilling in the fight against climate change. The proposed …

Biden's Plan Would Offer Record-Low Number Of Offshore Drilling Leases
1 year, 2 months ago

Biden's Plan Would Offer Record-Low Number Of Offshore Drilling Leases

Huff Post  

A man fishes near an oil drilling platform in May 2020, in Port Aransas, Texas. Eric Ga via Associated Press The Biden administration on Friday unveiled a long-awaited drilling plan that would drastically shrink the nation’s offshore oil and gas leasing program to a maximum of three lease sales over the next five years — the smallest number ever to …

Biden calls for up to 3 offshore oil leases in Gulf of Mexico, upsetting both sides
1 year, 2 months ago

Biden calls for up to 3 offshore oil leases in Gulf of Mexico, upsetting both sides

NPR  

Biden calls for up to 3 offshore oil leases in Gulf of Mexico, upsetting both sides Enlarge this image toggle caption Gerald Herbert/AP Gerald Herbert/AP WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden's administration on Friday proposed up to three oil and gas lease sales in the Gulf of Mexico but none in Alaska as it tries to navigate between energy companies seeking …

Biden administration cancels Trump-era energy leases in Alaska’s Arctic refuge
1 year, 3 months ago

Biden administration cancels Trump-era energy leases in Alaska’s Arctic refuge

LA Times  

In a move that angered Republicans, the Biden administration canceled the seven remaining oil and gas leases in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge last week, overturning sales held in the Trump administration’s waning days, and proposed stronger protections against development on vast swaths of the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska. The Interior Department’s scrapping of the leases came after the …

Biden bans drilling in Alaskan refuge due to climate crisis
1 year, 3 months ago

Biden bans drilling in Alaskan refuge due to climate crisis

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The Biden administration has banned oil and gas drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, …

Biden administration cancels remaining oil and gas leases in Alaska’s Arctic Refuge
1 year, 3 months ago

Biden administration cancels remaining oil and gas leases in Alaska’s Arctic Refuge

Associated Press  

JUNEAU, Alaska — In an aggressive move that angered Republicans, the Biden administration canceled the seven remaining oil and gas leases in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge on Wednesday, overturning sales held in the Trump administration’s waning days, and proposed stronger protections against development on vast swaths of the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska. The Department of Interior’s scrapping of the leases …

The Last Of The Trump-Era Arctic Refuge Oil Leases Have Been Canceled
1 year, 3 months ago

The Last Of The Trump-Era Arctic Refuge Oil Leases Have Been Canceled

Huff Post  

A demonstrator holds a sign against drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge outside the U.S. Capitol in December 2018. SAUL LOEB via Getty Images President Joe Biden’s administration on Wednesday canceled all remaining Donald Trump-era oil and gas leases in Alaska’s fragile Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and moved to protect an additional 13 million acres in the nearby National …

Biden ends drilling in ANWR, sparking criticism, as Willow Project moves forward
1 year, 3 months ago

Biden ends drilling in ANWR, sparking criticism, as Willow Project moves forward

NPR  

Biden ends drilling in ANWR, sparking criticism, as Willow Project moves forward Enlarge this image toggle caption U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service via AP The Biden administration is canceling the only seven oil and gas leases in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska. Responses from Capitol Hill have been critical Enlarge this image toggle caption J. Scott Applewhite/AP J. …

Haaland defends Willow, says US won’t end oil drilling
1 year, 8 months ago

Haaland defends Willow, says US won’t end oil drilling

Associated Press  

BOISE, Idaho — Interior Secretary Deb Haaland defended her department’s approval of the contentious Willow oil project on Friday, saying that despite President Joe Biden’s campaign promise to end new drilling on federal lands, “We’re not going to turn the faucet off and say we’re not drilling anymore.’' Speaking to the annual conference of the Society of Environmental Journalists, Haaland …

What's next for Alaska's Willow oil project? AP explains
1 year, 9 months ago

What's next for Alaska's Willow oil project? AP explains

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The Biden administration's approval earlier …

Willow oil project approval intensifies Alaska Natives’ rift
1 year, 9 months ago

Willow oil project approval intensifies Alaska Natives’ rift

Associated Press  

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The Biden administration’s approval this week of the biggest oil drilling project in Alaska in decades promises to widen a rift among Alaska Natives, with some saying that oil money can’t counter the damages caused by climate change and others defending the project as economically vital. Two lawsuits filed almost immediately by environmentalists and one Alaska Native …

Explained: How the Willow oil project adds to environmental concerns in Alaska
1 year, 9 months ago

Explained: How the Willow oil project adds to environmental concerns in Alaska

Firstpost  

ConocoPhillips’ Willow project, which was approved on Monday, would produce 180,000 barrels of oil per day at its peak, resulting in at least 263 million tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions over 30 years Juneau: The Biden administration’s approval of a massive oil development in northern Alaska commits the US to yet another decades long crude project even as scientists urgently …

Biden OKs Alaska oil project, draws ire of environmentalists
1 year, 9 months ago

Biden OKs Alaska oil project, draws ire of environmentalists

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration said Monday it is approving a huge oil-drilling project on Alaska’s petroleum-rich North Slope, a major environmental decision by President Joe Biden that drew quick condemnation as flying in the face of his pledges to slow climate change. Leshy, a professor at the University of California College of the Law, San Francisco, called the decision …

Alaska’s Willow oil project is controversial. Here’s why.
1 year, 9 months ago

Alaska’s Willow oil project is controversial. Here’s why.

Associated Press  

JUNEAU, Alaska — The Biden administration is approving a major oil project on Alaska’s petroleum-rich North Slope that supporters say represents an economic lifeline for Indigenous communities in the region but environmentalists say is counter to President Joe Biden’s climate goals. The decision on ConocoPhillips Alaska’s Willow project, in a federal oil reserve roughly the size of Indiana, was revealed …

As Biden weighs Willow, he blocks other Alaska oil drilling
1 year, 9 months ago

As Biden weighs Willow, he blocks other Alaska oil drilling

Associated Press  

— As President Joe Biden prepares a final decision on the huge Willow oil project in Alaska, his administration announced he will prevent or limit oil drilling in 16 million acres in Alaska and the Arctic Ocean. The moves come as regulators prepare to announce a final decision on t he $8 billion Willow project, a controversial oil drilling plan …

US approves contentious oil drilling project in Alaska
1 year, 9 months ago

US approves contentious oil drilling project in Alaska

Al Jazeera  

Biden administration’s approval of Willow project in northwestern US state draws condemnation from environmental groups. The United States has approved a contentious oil-and-gas drilling project in the northwestern state of Alaska, drawing condemnation from environmentalists who say the move flies in the face of President Joe Biden’s climate pledges. The US Department of the Interior announced on Monday that it …

US to approve Alaska ‘carbon bomb’ drilling project: Reports
1 year, 9 months ago

US to approve Alaska ‘carbon bomb’ drilling project: Reports

Al Jazeera  

Reported decision to proceed with the major drilling venture comes a day after Biden announced sweeping curbs on oil and gas leasing in the region. US President Joe Biden’s administration will approve a controversial oil drilling project in Alaska, news reports say, a day after a series of protections against energy exploration were announced for the northern state and the …

The Biden administration approves the controversial Willow drilling project in Alaska
1 year, 9 months ago

The Biden administration approves the controversial Willow drilling project in Alaska

NPR  

The Biden administration approves the controversial Willow drilling project in Alaska Enlarge this image toggle caption ConocoPhillips via AP ConocoPhillips via AP The Biden administration has approved a massive new oil drilling project in Alaska, over the objections of environmental advocates who have said greenlighting the plan would violate the president's climate goals. Sponsor Message Proponents have suggested that the …

Can TikTokkers sway Biden on oil drilling? The #StopWillow campaign, explained
1 year, 9 months ago

Can TikTokkers sway Biden on oil drilling? The #StopWillow campaign, explained

NPR  

Can TikTokkers sway Biden on oil drilling? The #StopWillow campaign, explained Enlarge this image toggle caption Joe Raedle/Getty Images Joe Raedle/Getty Images Any day now, the Biden administration is expected to decide whether to approve a controversial oil drilling project that's become a galvanizing issue for Gen Zers passionate about climate change. The Biden administration says boosting oil production could …

TikTok push targets Biden on Alaska’s huge Willow oil plan
1 year, 9 months ago

TikTok push targets Biden on Alaska’s huge Willow oil plan

Associated Press  

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A social media campaign urging President Joe Biden to reject an oil development project on Alaska’s remote North Slope has rapidly gained steam on TikTok and other platforms, reflecting the unease many young Americans feel about climate change. “I think a lot of young people are feeling a little bit betrayed by that.” At the same time, …

Biden faces dilemma in fight over large Alaska oil project
1 year, 9 months ago

Biden faces dilemma in fight over large Alaska oil project

Associated Press  

JUNEAU, Alaska — The Biden administration is weighing approval of a major oil project on Alaska’s petroleum-rich North Slope that supporters say represents an economic lifeline for Indigenous communities in the region but environmentalists say is counter to President Joe Biden’s climate goals. Alaska Republican U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan said the development could be “one of the biggest, most important …

Alaska Native leaders, US senators back major oil project
1 year, 10 months ago

Alaska Native leaders, US senators back major oil project

Associated Press  

JUNEAU, Alaska — Alaska’s Republican U.S. senators and several Alaska Native leaders on Tuesday urged the federal government to approve a major oil project on the petroleum-rich North Slope, casting the project as economically critical for Indigenous communities in the region and important for the nation’s energy security. Interior Department said separately that it had “substantial concerns” about the project …

Biden administration recommends major Alaska oil project
1 year, 10 months ago

Biden administration recommends major Alaska oil project

Associated Press  

JUNEAU, Alaska — The Biden administration released a long-awaited study Wednesday that recommends allowing a major oil development on Alaska’s North Slope that supporters say could boost U.S. energy security but that climate activists decry as a “carbon bomb.” The move — while not final — drew immediate anger from environmentalists who saw it as a betrayal of the president’s …

Op-Ed: Wait, what? The Biden administration wants to drill on Alaska’s North Slope?
2 years, 5 months ago

Op-Ed: Wait, what? The Biden administration wants to drill on Alaska’s North Slope?

LA Times  

The bitter end of the fossil fuel era is playing out in one of the world’s wildest remaining places: Alaska’s North Slope. On Friday, the Interior Department released a draft supplemental environmental impact statement on the Willow project, an oil development on Alaska’s North Slope that Interior says would release as much as 284 million metric tons of carbon dioxide …

Biden cancels offshore oil lease sales in Gulf Coast, Alaska
2 years, 7 months ago

Biden cancels offshore oil lease sales in Gulf Coast, Alaska

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration is canceling three oil and gas lease sales scheduled in the Gulf of Mexico and off the coast of Alaska, removing millions of acres from possible drilling as U.S. gas prices reach record highs. The Interior Department announced the decision Wednesday night, citing a lack of industry interest in drilling off the Alaska coast and …

EXPLAINER: What is the Strategic Petroleum Reserve?
2 years, 8 months ago

EXPLAINER: What is the Strategic Petroleum Reserve?

Associated Press  

DALLAS — President Joe Biden is again dipping into the nation’s petroleum stockpile to try to corral rising energy prices. The White House announced Thursday that Biden ordered the daily release of 1 million barrels of oil from the strategic petroleum reserve for the next six months. Then, in his state of the union speech in March, Biden announced another …

Biden sets out oil, gas leasing reform, stops short of ban
3 years ago

Biden sets out oil, gas leasing reform, stops short of ban

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration on Friday recommended an overhaul of the nation’s oil and gas leasing program to limit areas available for energy development and raise costs for oil and gas companies to drill on public land and water. The long-awaited report by the Interior Department stops short of recommending an end to oil and gas leasing on public …

Judge throws out Trump-era approvals for Alaska oil project
3 years, 4 months ago

Judge throws out Trump-era approvals for Alaska oil project

Associated Press  

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A federal judge on Wednesday threw out Trump administration approvals for a large planned oil project on Alaska’s North Slope, saying the federal review was flawed and didn’t include mitigation measures for polar bears. Rebecca Boys, a ConocoPhillips’ spokesperson, said the company would review Gleason’s decision “and evaluate the options available regarding this project.” Spokespersons for the …

U.S. Drilling Approvals Increase Despite Biden Climate Pledge
3 years, 5 months ago

U.S. Drilling Approvals Increase Despite Biden Climate Pledge

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING BILLINGS, Mont. — Approvals for companies to drill for oil and gas on U.S. public lands are on pace this year to reach their highest level since George W. Bush was president, underscoring President Joe Biden’s reluctance to more forcefully curb petroleum production in the face of industry and Republican resistance. “He’s walking the tightrope,” said energy …

Biden Promised To End New Drilling On Federal Land, But Approvals Are Up
3 years, 5 months ago

Biden Promised To End New Drilling On Federal Land, But Approvals Are Up

NPR  

Biden Promised To End New Drilling On Federal Land, But Approvals Are Up Enlarge this image toggle caption Charlie Riedel/AP Charlie Riedel/AP BILLINGS, Mont. — Approvals for companies to drill for oil and gas on U.S. public lands are on pace this year to reach their highest level since George W. Bush was president, underscoring President Joe Biden's reluctance to …

US drilling approvals increase despite Biden climate pledge
3 years, 5 months ago

US drilling approvals increase despite Biden climate pledge

Associated Press  

— Approvals for companies to drill for oil and gas on U.S. public lands are on pace this year to reach their highest level since George W. Bush was president, underscoring President Joe Biden’s reluctance to more forcefully curb petroleum production in the face of industry and Republican resistance. His pick to oversee those lands, Interior Secretary Deb Haaland, adamantly …

Biden administration appears to renege on campaign pledge to end new oil and gas extraction on public lands
3 years, 5 months ago

Biden administration appears to renege on campaign pledge to end new oil and gas extraction on public lands

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Interior Secretary Deb Haaland said she does not believe that Joe Biden’s administration currently plans …

Biden suspends oil leases in Alaska’s Arctic refuge
3 years, 6 months ago

Biden suspends oil leases in Alaska’s Arctic refuge

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration on Tuesday suspended oil and gas leases in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, reversing a drilling program approved by the Trump administration and reviving a political fight over a remote region that is home to polar bears and other wildlife — and a rich reserve of oil. Biden’s Jan. 20 executive order suggested a new …

Biden to suspend Trump-era oil drilling leases in Arctic refuge
3 years, 6 months ago

Biden to suspend Trump-era oil drilling leases in Arctic refuge

Al Jazeera  

United States President Joe Biden’s January 20 executive order stated a new environmental review was needed to address possible legal flaws in a drilling programme approved by the Trump administration. The administration of United States President Joe Biden is suspending oil and gas leases in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge as it reviews environmental impacts of drilling in the remote …

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