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Biden has opposed drilling in the region and the new administration announced plans for an executive order that would temporarily halt lease activities there. Drilling opponents hope it is a step toward providing permanent protections, which Biden called for during the presidential campaign. Details of his plans weren’t immediately available.
The fight to open the coastal plain to drilling goes back decades, with the state’s Republican congressional delegation hailing the issuance of leases as “significant and meaningful for Alaska’s future.”
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Article URL : https://www.thestar.com/news/world/us/2021/01/20/biden-signals-plans-to-halt-oil-activity-in-arctic-refuge.html