Biden cancels last oil, gas leases in Alaska's Arctic Refuge
Cancellation of the remaining oil and gas leases in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge overturns sales held as the Trump administration ended.
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Cancellation of the remaining oil and gas leases in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge overturns sales held as the Trump administration ended.
The move, which angered Republicans and even some Democrats, follows the administration's approval of the massive Willow oil project in Alaska's National Petroleum Reserve.
"Nearly three years after the Trump administration sold the first-ever oil drilling rights in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, the White House Wednesday canceled those leases in a huge blow to pro-oil Alaskans."
The scrapping of the leases comes after Biden disappointed environmental groups by approving the Willow oil project in the petroleum reserve.
The Biden administration on Wednesday canceled remaining leases to drill for oil and gas in the Alaska National Petroleum Reserve. The move comes just six months after approving a new drilling project in the same area.