The Biden administration says it will form a 'firewall' against future oil and gas leasing in the Arctic and federal lands in Alaska’s North Slope
WASHINGTON—President Biden moved to block future oil and gas leasing in the Arctic Ocean’s federal waters, part of a sweeping plan to protect 16 million acres of land and
water in Alaska.in the Alaskan Arctic over the objections of environmentalists and many Democrats who wanted the project scuttled, according to people familiar with the matter.
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