Biden administration will scrap Trump plan for wider oil drilling in Alaska’s Arctic
A controversial Trump-era plan will be scrapped, and a 2013 Obama-era plan — which still allows drilling in about half the NPR-A — be reinstated.
January 11, 2022
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ANCHORAGE — The Biden administration announced on Monday that it will reverse a Trump-era policy that opened up vast swathes of land in Arctic Alaska to new oil development.
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