Biden halts oil and gas development in Arctic refuge hours after inauguration
The move was one of the first of Biden's presidency, and came just a day after the Trump administration finalized the transfers of leases from the first sale in the refuge.
In a promised executive order signed just hours after he was sworn in, President Joe Biden on Wednesday halted efforts to drill in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge hastily enacted by the outgoing administration of former President Donald Trump.
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