Outgoing Trump administration finalizes last-minute Arctic refuge drilling leases
The Bureau of Land Management issued the leases on Trump's last full day in office.
January 19, 2021
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The Trump administration said on Tuesday it had issued drilling leases on more than 400,000 acres of Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, delivering on a promise to fossil fuel proponents on President Donald Trump’s last full day in office.
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