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ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Decades-long political and legal battles over drilling in...

Gas Prices Arent High Enough? Biden Suspends Gas And Oil Leases In Alaskan Arctic

NationofChange Biden urged to go further after ‘strong step’ toward protecting Arctic Refuge from drilling "Until the leases are canceled, they will remain a threat to one of the wildest places left in America." Protesters march in support of Arctic environmental protections at a rally in Fairbanks, Alaska on May 7, 2017. Environmental campaigners in Alaska and across the country are cautiously celebrating the Biden administration’s Tuesday decision to suspend some fossil fu...

Biden administration suspends oil and gas leases in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge Juliet Eilperin, Josh Partlow © Provided by The Washington Post The Biden administration on Tuesday suspended oil and gas leases in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, overturning one of President Donald Trump’s most significant environmental acts during his last days in office. The move by the Interior Department, which could spark a major legal battle, aims to unwind nearly a dozen le...

The Interior Department moved to cancel several oil and gas leases in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge on Tuesday, arguing the Trump administration rushed to auction off drilling rights just days before President Biden took office.

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

A new environmental analysis could impose additional restrictions on development in the refuge or potentially nullify the leases altogether.

U.S. President Joe Biden's administration on Tuesday said it would suspend oil and gas leases that had been handed out in an Alaska wildlife refuge during the final days of the Trump administration pending an environmental review.

Print The Biden administration will suspend Arctic refuge drilling rights sold in the final days of Donald Trump’s presidency, a move that buys time for further environmental analysis, according to a person familiar with the decision. The Interior Department decision will temporarily halt action on 11 leases spanning about 553,000 acres of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska, said the person, who asked not to be named before a formal announcement. Politico reported the development e...

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