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The action reverses Trumps efforts to expand fossil fuel development in the U.S., and delivers a setback to the Alaska nt which had hoped opening the refuge would help its declining oil industry.

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration is suspending Arctic refuge drilling rights that were sold in the final days of Donald Trump’s presidency, dealing a victory to environmentalists who have argued for decades against oil development in the remote, wild region of Alaska. Under an Interior Departme

The Biden administration is suspending Arctic refuge drilling rights that were sold in the final days of Donald Trump's presidency.

The action places leases purchased in January in limbo.

The Biden administration has suspended oil leases in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska, and the suspension could become permanent

WASHINGTON - US President Joe Biden's administration announced Tuesday it was halting petroleum development activity in the A

Article content U.S. President Joe Biden’s administration on Tuesday said it would suspend oil and gas leases that were handed out in an Alaska wildlife refuge during the final days of the Trump administration pending an environmental review. The action reverses one of former president Donald Trump’s signature efforts to expand fossil fuel development in the United States and delivers a setback to the Alaskan state government, which had hoped opening the enormous refuge would help rev...

Once again the federal government has undermined a state — Alaska.

Updated: June 02, 2021 07:28 IST Trump’s Interior Department had sold the leases in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in January over the objections of environmentalists and indigenous groups. Share Article AAA Activists attend a protest against the legislation that would open Wilderness in Alaska to oil drilling on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S. File photo.   | Photo Credit: Reuters Trump’s Interior Department had sold the leases in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in January over...

On Tuesday, the Biden administration announced it would be suspending oil and gas leases issued in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.