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Wed, 06/09/2021 - 9:22am Interior Secretary Debra Haaland’s department announced on June 1 that it is suspending leases sold in the Arctic National Wildlife Reserve coastal plain. The lease sale was required under a provision in the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act that was authored by Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski, who is urging the state to sue the federal government over the decision. (Photo/Leigh Vogel/Pool/Getty Images/TNS) It took nearly four decades to get a bill opening the Arctic National W...

The White House announced on Tuesday that it would suspend oil and gas leases for exploration and drilling in an Alaska wildlife refuge issued during the final days of the Trump administration

The White House announced on Tuesday that it would suspend oil and gas leases for exploration and drilling in an Alaska wildlife refuge issued during the final days of the Trump administration

WASHINGTON - US President Joe Biden's administration announced Tuesday it was halting petroleum development activity in the Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, reversing a move by former president Donald Trump to allow drilling.

Biden administration halts oil exploration in Alaskas Arctic refuge By: DW Washington: US President Joe Bidens administration announced that it would suspend oil and gas leases in Alaskas Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, reversing a drilling programme approved by former President Donald Trump. The remote region, known as ANWR, is home to polar bears, caribou, and other vulnerable wildlife, including migrating birds from six continents. It is also rich in oil reserves making it a long-contested ...

EXCLUSIVE: Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy says President Biden’s decision to suspend oil and gas leases in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge doesn’t make sense and will only weaken America.

June 3, 2021 Share US President Joe Biden’s administration announced Tuesday it was halting petroleum development activity in the Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, reversing a move by former president Donald Trump to allow drilling. The Interior Department said it was notifying firms of the freeze, pending a comprehensive environmental review that will determine whether leases in the area known as ANWR should be “reaffirmed, voided or subject to additional mitigation measu...

Several Republican officials in Alaska, including Republican Gov. Mike Dunleavy, called out President Joe Biden this week for his decision to freeze drilling in an oil preserve in the Arctic amid a Trump administration reversal. While the leases were issued in relation to the 2017 Tax Cuts and Job Act signed by President Donald Trump, Biden took action against oil development in the federally designated oil preserve 1002 Area in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR). Interior Secretary Deb...

The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge just got a reprieve—but it’s not safe yet The U.S. recently announced it would suspend oil and gas leases in a pristine Alaskan ecosystem. But many environmental battles await the million-acre refuge. BySarah Gibbens Email The Biden administration’s decision this week to review new Trump-era oil leases in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) is a positive step, experts and environmentalists say. But it falls far short of a final resolution of the ...

Under an Interior Department order issued Tuesday, the agency is temporarily halting action on nine leases spanning more than 400,000 acres (161,870 hectares) of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, while it conducts a fresh environmental analysis of the program.