Well have a political roundtable. But were going to talk about when the Biden Administration blocked oil drilling in alaskan wild life refuge heres the front page of the thursday journal. They canceled drilling leases and well get into this article in just a minute. But we want to get your view on whether or not we should be drilling for oil in the alaska area. 2027488000 if you support the Biden Administrations position on blocking the oil drilling. And if you are opposed to what the administration did, 2027488001 is the number for you to dial in on. And as always, if you cant get through on the phone line, try the text number, 2027488003. Please include your first name and your city and you can see there, all sorts of social media ways of contacting us via facebook, x or instagram. Just remember cspanwj is thehandle for that. Interior Department Secretary deb holland authorized cancelations of seven leases held by alaskas stateowned Economic Development agency, the Alaska Industrial development and export authority in the remote Coastal Region that sprawls more than 19 million acres bordering canada to the east, to the north. From day one, she said, i have delivered on the most ambitious climate and conservation agenda in our countrys history, President Biden said in a statement but theres more to do and my administration will continue to take bold actions to meet the urgency of the Climate Crisis and to protect our lands and waters for generations to come. Statements by secretary holland of interior with Climate Change warming, the arctic more than twice as fast as the rest of the planet, we must do erything within our control meet the highest standards of care to protect this fragile ecosystem. The steps we are taking today furthered that commitment based on the bes available science and in recognition of the indigenous knowledge of the stewards of this area to safeguard our public land for future generations. Allan in queens, what do you think . Caller im totally in support of it. This all hinges on whether Climate Change is real or not. Now, even me without a scientific background, al gore said it was real decades ago. Eminent scientists and scientific organizations say its real. Theres physical evidence, you know, the glaciers melting and the temperature of the earth is getting higher. Everything leads me to believe that Climate Change is real and Carbon Emissions is something that we have to get away from. In the short term, i could see why people are aggregated and they aggravated and they make a living from it or whatever. But in the long term picture, when you and i are probably six feet under, theres going to be no such thing as a gas car. Its all going to be electric. Clean energy is the way to go and i totally support them. Host this is david in south carolina. What do you think of this decision, david . Caller well, i think its going to hurt the poor people. This is what, you know, the places of food and the Grocery Stores are going to go higher and higher and higher. What are they going to do . Theyre going to offer these subsidized housing throughout the country and buy i dont think so. I mean, look at ford. They lost like 4 billion on e. V. Theyre just sitting there. Nobodys buying them. They dont want them. Host thats david in south carolina. Heres a map of the anwar. The Arctic National wild life. And about seven billion barrels of oil is estimated to be in this area here. Right next to it is the National Petroleum reserve alaska and this is all on the north shore of alaska above the arctic circle. Well read a little bit more about how this is affected, how the National Petroleum reserve is affected as well in just a minute. Next call is jim in hudson, florida. Hi, jim. Caller yes. The Biden Administration want everything to go electric. Theres many vehicles on the car on the road every day, you know, fedex, u. P. S. , amazon. Why dont they first of all, make a good example, have all the little mail trucks electric . I would think that those vehicles, theres more of those vehicles on the road every day monday through saturday, any other vehicle. Why doesnt the government go ahead and make those mail trucks electric . I like to find out that reason why. Thank you. Host thank you, sir, for calling in. Back to the Washington Times on thursday. Haaland determined that the Trump Administrations lease sale were seriously flawed and were based on fundamental legal deficiencies including insufficient analysis under the National Environmental policy act and the absence of an analysis on Greenhouse Gas emissions. 2017 republican law under President Donald Trump required leases for drilling in the anwar reversing decades of protection for the oil rich region. A judge last month rejected the development and export authorities lawsuit against the biden executive order halting the leases, ruling that the administrations decision to seek further legal analysis was legal. The interior department on wednesday also unveiled a new regulatory rule to prevent new drilling across 13 million acres of alaskas 23 million acre national pet plum reserve situated west of the National Wild life refuge as an emergency u. S. Navy oil supply because of its vast underground regions. Alex from new york. Good morning. Caller im sorry, did you just say alex . Host i did. Caller i feel that were all overthinking it aggressively. Its like war. Its unsavory and we really dont want to have to engage in it but were doing it for the future. Its as simple as that. Host thank you for your viewpoint. And lynn from utah. What do you think . Caller i absolutely support any effort to combat Climate Change and i want joe biden to win in 2024 region but i think deb haaland has sold out to the world industry and she does nothing for the end dangered species. Shes thrown wolves and bears to the worst legislation possible cyanide bombing etc. And she has never done her job from day one. The Biden Administration needs to get rid of deb haaland. Host thats lynn from utah. Senator ted cruise has something cruz has something to say on fox. Dees it will prices rise ho in just since may. It has really been striking. That is a manifestation of the failures of the biden Foreign Policy and number two on top of that, weve got now two and a half years of a relentless war waged by the Biden Administration on oil and Gas Production in the United States. You know, joe biden when he was campaigning for president. He promised the American People. He said if you elect me, i will shut down new drilling on federal lands onshore and new drilling on federal lands offshore. And sadly, this administration has worked day and night to push that radical agenda. Host and back to your calls. Jeff, dearborn, michigan. What do you think about the Biden Administrations canceling of oil drilling leases in the wildlife refuge . Caller im supportive of that. For the fella talking about about the post office rectify their lease . They were going to do that in 2006 and were opposed by the republicans. And if im not mistaken, it was at that point that they got saddled with having to pay more health care for like 75 years out for people that they havent even hired yet. So thats how that went. Thanks, steve. Host allen is next from bonita springs, florida. Allen, good morning to you. Caller yeah, hi. I just have one thing to say. That beautiful corvette that biden has uses gas and he has to change the oil ever so often. Thats all i have to say. Thats allen from florida. The Biden AdministrationDepartment Drilling from alaska the new regulations would ensure what the administration called maximum protection for nearly half of the Petroleum Reserve but would not stop the enormous 8 billion Willow Oil Drilling project in the same vicinity which President Biden approved this area. Climate activists particularly young environmentalists were angered by mr. Bidens decision in march calling it a carbon bomb. Many called the move of betrayal of mr. Bidens Campaign Promise of no new drilling period on federal lands and water. This article goes on to say that average temperatures in the arctic are increasing about four times as fast as the rest of the globe. It is often describe as ground zero because of recordbreaking heat, thawing, permafrost and glacier melt. Next call is bill in youngstown, new york. Bill, what do you think about the administrations position . Caller i think its a bad decision. He is not letting this country produce pell lump that is petroleum that is needed for the country. At least this country has a respect for the country. Host biden freezes u. S. Arctic oil. Oil prices have climbed this week after saudi arabia and russia extend their production cut. The Biden Administrations response, restrict u. S. Oil development. President biden is delivering on the most ambitious climate and conservation agenda in history, interior secretary deb haalanded. The climate agenda is also the most lawless and economically destructive in history. There were two lease sales within the coastal plain of anwar. Mr. Biden proposed he claims to have the authority to cancel and suspend oil and gas leases issued in violation of a statute of regulation and that the anwr leases include fundamental legal deficiency. Speaking of deficiencies, the wall street journal said the administrations actions are based on the best available science and in recognition of the indigenous knowledge. Last year, the White House Office of science and Technology Policy issued a memo directing agencies to include indigenous knowledge as an aspect of the best available science. The memo encouraged agencies to consult spiritual leaders and condemned meth logical dogma. The high priest declared they plan to challenge interior piece cancelation of the anwr leases and its religious climate dogma may not hold up in court. Wanda from chico, california. Good morning to you, wanda. What do you think about the Biden Administrations effort to expand drilling . Caller Everyone Needs to watch this video. Its called the great Global Warming swindle. And it was produced by the bbc. And theyre not in the constitution. The department of the interior has no Constitutional Authority whatsoever because they are not in the constitution along with a lot of other departments. Host thank you, maam, for calling in. Todd in cleveland, tennessee. Whats your view about this decision . Caller i am wondering how long is it going to take this administration to go after the your gas stations. How are they going to deem this unconstitutional and just take us fuel of the day for people to get to work . Im disgusted with what this administration has done. Host thank you, sir, for calling in. Heres a statement by senator joe manson, democrat, west virginia, who is with chair of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources committee. Heres what he had to say about the decision. I cant explain to the American People why we would willingly become more dependent on foreign oil imports, eliminating good paying good jobs and drive up the cars of applicant bills and gas prices across the country. This is yet another example of this administration caving to the radical left with no regard for clear direction from congress or energy superiority. Lets be clear. This is another attempt to use executive action to accomplish what this administration does not have the vote to achieve in congress. Canceling leases and removing acreage from future and also tempting to reduce production in alaska while taking steps to allow iran and scenes way la venezuela to produce more oil makes no sense and is frankly embarrassing. Tondra is next. Caller i think he could do more and not drill and then just stop. Ify mean, thats the reason why its high because they want to make more money. And not have anything to do with the fact that were going to e. V. s or anything like that and personally, i think we should have more e. V. s that runs on electricity electric, you know . If we want a gener society. But more or less, people are afraid of Climate Change because they know the mortality is sooner than they think. And older people dont care about Climate Change because theyre on their way out. All the old people making the laws and so i think Climate Change is a good thing. Thats all. Host thank you for calling in. Rob tweets in that this decision is wonderful. He couldnt be happier. And the Willow Project should have been nixed as well. Here in north dakota, kieran. What do you think about this decision . Caller good morning. Yeah, i oppose it. And im from north dakota but i do not work in the oil industry out in the west. Im in the ag hull type of work in a mill in the eastern part of the state. Theres a lot of people who are simply naive to but the moving of weight. The word weight itself. Like ill give you an example. I could go into a north dakota Walmart Grocery store in the middle of winter and during a ground blizzard, 45 below zero, get in there and i could find a fresh pineapple at the middle of winter. In the tip of michigan. How do you lose pineapple . Is it grown in south dakota . No. Its the power of the Diesel Engine and we are a generation that never had to build anything. Were spoiled rotten. Get behind a giant truck filled with trees and up and down those grains and just struggling to get up. 18,000 pounds and its moving to 10,000 little towns to bring milk, cattle, grain, cement, stone, Roofing Supplies host tim, i think we got your point. Has and it been important in your view for development . Caller you could probably ask the guy thats running. I dont know much about him. I was a roofer back there for many years. Ive been on lots of job sites from north georgia to pennsylvania and i was always amazed at the amount of things that are moved to build a school or to boost a giant unit up on top of the roof. A lot of people dont take host all right. We got your point. Robert in alabama. What do you think of the Biden Administration piece decision on drilling . Caller i believe hes correct. You go up into the permafrost and then its 200 years recovery. Thats not short term. Thats too much. Host this text came in from larry. This ruling has little to do with controlling the environment but a lot about controlling you. Paul, fort lauderdale. Good morning. Caller good morning. I would like to say that im a republican and that i know for a fact that Climate Change is a fact and it is a problem for the world. I would also like to say if you to think im a friend of the Petroleum Industry, you havent been around me during the hurricanes. The deal with gasoline in my generator. Its nasty, poisonous stuff. I dont like gasoline. But heres the thing. Ok . Im sick and tired of the bigots lying that is supported by the press and everyone else i can name. And that is the big rise is this. Environmentalists are shown in a way that makes them sound like the environment is a water faucet and they have the power to turn the water faucet off. That is a big lie. The other big lie is this, ok . If you are in favor of environment, youre good. But if you have any arguments for energy that the environmentalist dont want, youre bad. And that is a big lie. That is part of the problem we have. Now let me give you an example of what these environmentalists have accomplished, ok . The payoff. We banned r22 because the environmentalists said the ozone cap over the arctic was virtually banned the arctic cap has not restored itself. Host all right. Paul were going to leave it there. Were going to hear from ellen. Hi. What do you think about the Biden Administrations decision on oil drill something. Caller well, i totally approve. I have issue with a couple of your previous callers just as i turned on, i heard one guy say that old people dont care. Well, i am old. Im 82. And i have cared. I care now. Ive cared for a very long time. And i do everything i can to support people who say that they are for, you know, fixing as much as possible, fixing the environment. Boy, that really got me mad. I know other old people who care a lot. We do have children and grandchildren. And even if we didnt, we care about the rest of the people in the world. The second one right after that talked about how women didnt really understand about buildings, how buildings are created. Well, i really dont. But i think a lot of men dont understand that either. Now, as far as my supporting this decision, ive seen evidence of this. Ive flown over the polar caps. You could see the diminishing ice