Biden Admin Locks In Major Restrictions On Alaskan Oil, Mining

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Not the first such actions Biden-Harris have taken.

In fact, beginning their first full day after being installed, it was war on future energy ad mining projects. While they try and claim credit for the previous administration's energy policy that has given us record output.



The Biden administration finalized major restrictions on 28 million acres of Alaskan land on Tuesday.

The Department of the Interior (DOI) announced that it is retaining protections from mining and drilling on the 28 million acres, reversing the Trump administration’s moves to end those protections and allow for mining and oil and gas development. The Biden DOI said that their predecessors did not sufficiently analyze the effects of removing those protections and did not appropriately communicate with tribal stakeholders.



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Major environmental groups, including Earthjustice and the Sierra Club, applauded the DOI’s decision to reverse the Trump administration’s moves and protect the 28 million acres, hailing it as a major victory.


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