Interior Department suspends oil and gas leases in ANWR
The action places leases purchased in January in limbo.
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The action places leases purchased in January in limbo.
By BECKY BOHRER The Associated Press JUNEAU, Alaska — U.S. government attorneys are defending a decision made during the Trump administration to approve a
U.S. government attorneys are defending a decision made during the Trump administration to approve a major oil project on Alaska's North Slope.…
JUNEAU â U.S. government attorneys are defending a decision made during the Trump administration to approve a major oil project on Alaska's North Slope. Critics say the action flies in the face of President Joe Biden's pledges to address climate change. U.S. Justice Department attorneys, in a filing Wednesday, wrote that opponents of the Willow project in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska were seeking to stop development by "cherry-picking" the records of federal agencies to claim environmental review law violations. The filing defends the reviews underpinning last fall's decision ap...
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — U.S. government attorneys are defending a decision made during the Trump admin...