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Cancellation of the remaining oil and gas leases in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge overturns sales held as the Trump administration ended.

The move, which angered Republicans and even some Democrats, follows the administration's approval of the massive Willow oil project in Alaska's National Petroleum Reserve.

"Nearly three years after the Trump administration sold the first-ever oil drilling rights in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, the White House Wednesday canceled those leases in a huge blow to pro-oil Alaskans."

The scrapping of the leases comes after Biden disappointed environmental groups by approving the Willow oil project in the petroleum reserve.

The Biden administration on Wednesday canceled remaining leases to drill for oil and gas in the Alaska National Petroleum Reserve. The move comes just six months after approving a new drilling project in the same area.

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 U.S. Interior Department on Wednesday canceled the remaining seven oil and gas leases in Alaskas Arctic National Wildlife Refuge that were part of a sale held in the waning days of the Trump administration.

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — In an aggressive move that angered Republicans, the Biden administration canceled the seven remaining oil and gas leases in Alaskas Arctic National Wildlife Refuge on Wednesday,

The remaining seven oil and gas leases in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge have been canceled. The move comes after the Biden administration drew criticism from environmental groups when it approved the Willow oil project in the petroleum reserve.

President Biden is facing heavy criticism for actions his administration took this week significantly curbing energy production on federal lands in Alaska.