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Interior Department contender says Biden would target Trump Arctic drilling push on first day

Senator Tom Udall said last-minute moves to open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to drilling would be "an issue that needs to be looked at on Day One."

By Valerie Volcovici, Reuters, Nichola Groom, Reuters November 23, 2020
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WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s last-minute push to allow controversial drilling in part of Alaska’s Arctic will be an early target for the next administration, according to Senator Tom Udall, a contender to lead the Interior Department under Joe Biden.

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