U.S. ditches Trump-era policies for Arctic Alaska oil reserve
The Trump plan to broadly expand drilling opportunities in the reserve were subject to court battles, and no lease sales took place under that plan.
April 26, 2022
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ANCHORAGE — The Biden administration on Monday overturned a controversial Trump-era policy that would have opened new swathes of Arctic Alaska to oil development.
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