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Oil and gas industry fears Biden will halt key projects in Alaska February 5th |     President Joe Biden moved swiftly in his first days in office to suspend oil and gas drilling on federal lands, stirring concerns among Alaska leaders and drillers that key projects may be halted. The new Democratic president's actions haven't yet appeared to cause long-term disruptions in Alaska, though an oil exploration project was delayed for more than a week. While many Alaskans expect the state's existing oil fields to keep pumping oil, they say Biden's plans to retool the national economy to de...

Liftoff on Dec. 15 in Kodiak. (Photo/John Kraus/Astra) Astra’s rocket reaches space after its Dec. 15 launch. (Photo/Courtesy/Astra) An engineer works at The Launch Company’s shop. (Photo/Courtesy/The Launch Company) The PSCA Launch Site in Kodiak. (Photo/John Kraus/Astra) Nighttime lights at the PSCA before the Dec. 15 launch attempt. (Photo/John Kraus/Astra) Forty miles from the City of Kodiak sits the Pacific Spaceport Complex-Alaska, only one of four places to launch a rocket into orbit from the United States, and where, just a week ago on Dec. 15, California-based Astra bec...