Biden’s approval of an oil lease sale will keep the door open to drilling in Alaska’s Arctic refuge
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The Biden administration has approved plans for a sale of oil and gas leases in Alaska that leaves open the door for drilling in a portion of the pristine Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
Biden Sets Last-Minute Auction of Arctic Refuge Oil Rights
The Biden administration plans to sell drilling rights in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge less than two weeks before President-elect Donald Trump takes office, a last-minute maneuver that could complicate the incoming administration’s plans for driving robust oil development in the region.
Arctic Refuge Is One of Earth’s Last Truly Wild Places. Trump Calls it America’s “Biggest Oil Farm.”
Donald Trump has called the refuge the US’s “biggest oil farm.” The first Trump administration opened 1.5 million acres of ...
Drilling for oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is all risk with no reward,” said one advocate. Wildlife protection ...
• Trump’s incoming administration promises to expand drilling, framing the Arctic Refuge as central to American energy dominance. • Indigenous groups and environmental advocates vow to fight to ...
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