Biden administration seeks to minimize drilling in Arctic wildlife refuge

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

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.

Biden administration plans new limits on oil leasing in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

The Canning River, which flows on the western edge of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge into the Beaufort Sea, is seen from the air on Aug. 23, 2015. The coastal plain of the refuge, through which the river flows, is the subject of new rules proposed by the Biden administration to minimize the environmental impact of legally mandated oil leasing there. (Photo by Katrina Liebich/U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service) Oil companies could buy oil leases…

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.

Biden Administration Plans Minimal Alaska Oil Lease Sale

The Biden Administration plans to offer the minimal possible acreage in a Congress-mandated oil and gas lease sale in the coastal plain of Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) said late on Wednesday. The BLM is required in the 2017 Tax Act by Congress to hold two lease sales in the Coastal Plain within seven years of enactment. The bureau has now released the final Coastal Plain Oil and Gas Leasing Progra…

Federal Government Finalizes Oil and Gas Land Auction in Alaska Refuge

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. In 2…

Biden moves to limit oil drilling in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge shortly after Trump victory

According to a supplemental environmental impact statement from the U.S. Bureau of Land Management about the plan, oil development in the refuge would be limited much more than under the first Trump administration.