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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 fuel drilling leases that were sold in the Arctic
shortly before former President Donald Trump left office while also
calling on Congress to provide permanent protections to one of the
22 January 2021 12:58 GMT Updated 27 January 2021 10:21 GMT in London
US President Joe Biden has issued an executive order to halt plans for oil and gas exploration in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR).
The order places “a temporary moratorium on all activities of the Federal Government relating to the implementation of the Coastal Plain Oil and Gas Leasing Program” and requires the Interior Department to conduct a fresh review.
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The order also reinstated an Obama-era policy that had shut most federal offshore waters in the US Arctic and Northern Bering Sea to oil and gas exploration and restored the Northern Bering Sea Climate Resilience Area, reported ArcticToday.
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.
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