The Biden administration announced Wednesday it will cancel all oil and natural gas drilling leases in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge that were sold under the Trump administration, a move that federal officials said is to protect the region’s array of wildlife and combat climate change.
‘s lease sales were “seriously flawed” and were based on “fundamental legal deficiencies,” including insufficient analysis under the National Environmental Policy Act and the absence of an analysis on greenhouse gas emissions.
The proposed rule and lease cancellations, combined with past protections under the Biden administration, will mean no new oil and gas leases will be permitted anywhere in the U.S. portion of the Arctic Ocean.
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