JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) The U.S. Bureau of Land Management on Tuesday said it has issued leases covering nearly 685 square miles (1,770 square kilometers) in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in a move denounced by critics in the waning hours of the Trump administration.
Read more about US: Joe Biden plans temporary halt of oil activity in Arctic refuge on Business Standard. The plans, along with other executive actions, were announced by press secretary Jen Psaki
Joe Biden plans temporary halt of oil activity in Arctic refuge
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The fight to open the coastal plain to drilling goes back decades, with the State’s Republican congressional delegation hailing the issuance of leases as “significant and meaningful for Alaska’s future.”
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This undated aerial file photo provided by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service shows a herd of caribou on the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in northeast Alaska. President Joe Biden on January 20, 2021, signalled plans to place a temporary moratorium on oil and gas lease activities in Alaska s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge after the Trump administration issued leases in a remote, rugged area considered sacred by the Indigenous Gwich in.
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President Joe Biden takes the oath of office during the presidential inauguration on Jan. 20, 2021, at the Capitol in Washington, D.C. Credit: Andrew Harnik/Pool/AFP via Getty Images
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