The Biden administration on Wednesday took a step to advance legally mandated drilling in an Alaska wildlife refuge — but plans to do so on the least amount of land possible. The administration said it completed the final environmental analysis for oil and gas drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge — the penultimate step…

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Hours after Trump’s election, Biden moved to limit oil drilling in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

It’s one of the many ways the Biden administration is working to protect Biden’s biggest accomplishments, including his vast portfolio of actions on climate change and the environment.

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By Ella Nilsen, CNN (CNN) — Hours after former President Donald Trump was declared the winner of the 2024 election, the Biden administration moved Wednesday to limit oil drilling in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Oil drilling had been banned for decades in the Arctic refuge — a pristine natural region in northeast Alaska home to a wide range of threatened species. But a law passed during the first Trump administration required the fed…

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The auction is slated for the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge’s coastal plain, which provides critical habitat for polar bears and other wildlife.

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Hours after Trump win, Biden moves to limit oil drilling in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

By Ella Nilsen, CNN (CNN) — Hours after President Donald Trump was declared the winner of the 2024 election, the Biden administration moved Wednesday to limit oil drilling in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Oil drilling had been banned for decades in the Arctic refuge — a pristine natural region in northeast Alaska home to a wide range of threatened species. But a law passed during the first Trump administration required the federal go…

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An auction for rights to drill in northern Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge will likely be tendered to oil and gas developers in the next few months, the Interior Department has said after releasing its final environmental assessment.
Under the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, signed into law during the Trump administration, the federal government was required to hold two auctions for the right to drill in the reserve by the end of 2024.
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Hours after former President Donald Trump was declared the winner of the 2024 election, the Biden administration moved Wednesday to limit oil drilling in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.

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