{"id":2023810,"date":"2023-09-06T18:20:01","date_gmt":"2023-09-06T22:20:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-administration-to-block-drilling-on-millions-of-acres-in-arctic-alaska\/"},"modified":"2023-09-06T18:23:19","modified_gmt":"2023-09-06T22:23:19","slug":"biden-administration-to-block-drilling-on-millions-of-acres-in-arctic-alaska","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-administration-to-block-drilling-on-millions-of-acres-in-arctic-alaska\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden administration halts drilling on vast Arctic Alaska lands."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbiden-administration-to-block-drilling-on-millions-of-acres-in-arctic-alaska%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2023810&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>The Biden Administration Takes Bold Action to Protect Alaska&#8217;s Natural Wonders<\/h2>\n<p>The Biden administration made a groundbreaking announcement on Wednesday, revealing \u2064plans to prohibit oil and gas \u200cdrilling on millions of acres in Alaska&#8217;s\u200c North Slope. This move is part of the administration&#8217;s commitment to expanding federal land protections, even\u200b in energy-rich environments.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>Protecting Alaska&#8217;s\u200c National Petroleum Reserve<\/h3>\n<p>The Department of the Interior stated in a press release that over 10.6\u200b million acres in Alaska&#8217;s National Petroleum Reserve will be\u200c permanently \u2064safeguarded\u200d from oil and gas drilling. This decision ensures &#8220;maximum \u2062protection&#8221; for more than 40% of the reserve, which happens to be\u200c the\u2064 largest undisturbed public land in the United States.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>President Joe Biden\u200d emphasized the importance of preserving Alaska&#8217;s breathtaking natural wonders\u2063 in a\u2062 statement released \u200bon \u200cWednesday. He acknowledged that the Arctic region is \u2064warming at an alarming rate\u2064 due to the climate crisis, and it is our responsibility \u200cto protect\u2062 this\u200c cherished area for future generations.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>Canceling Oil and Gas Leases in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge<\/h3>\n<p>The Interior Department \u200dalso announced the cancellation of seven oil and gas leases in the Arctic National\u200d Wildlife Refuge. These leases were previously granted by the Trump administration to\u2062 Alaska&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-administration-to-block-drilling-on-millions-of-acres-in-arctic-alaska\/\" title=\"Biden administration halts drilling on vast Arctic Alaska lands.\">state-owned oil development agency<\/a>. A new \u2064environmental review revealed serious flaws in the original \u200canalysis, rendering\u2064 the leases legally inadequate.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Interior \u2064Secretary Deb Haaland expressed her satisfaction with\u200c the decision, stating, &#8220;With today&#8217;s action, no one will have rights\u200c to drill for oil in one of the most sensitive landscapes on Earth.&#8221; She emphasized that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-administration-defies-court-ruling-again-opts-against-holding-oil-drilling-sales\/\" title=\"Biden Administration Defies Court Ruling Again, Opts Against Holding Oil Drilling Sales\">public lands belong<\/a> to all Americans and that certain areas\u2062 are simply not suitable for oil and gas drilling.<\/p>\n<p>Environmental groups, who have long advocated for increased conservation efforts, praised the administration&#8217;s \u200dactions. Abigail Dillen, president of Earthjustice, \u2062commended Secretary Haaland for canceling unlawfully issued oil and\u200b gas leases in the\u200d Arctic Refuge.<\/p>\n<p>It is important to note that these new protections \u200bwill not impede the Willow Project, \u2062a massive \u2062drilling project approved by the Interior Department in March. This decision has sparked controversy among environmental groups, who accuse President Biden of\u200c reneging on\u2064 his \u200cclimate protection promises.<\/p>\n<p>President Biden\u2063 has \u2063faced the challenge of balancing \u2064the demands of environmental groups with\u2064 the concerns of oil and gas producers, particularly in light\u2064 of Russia&#8217;s invasion of Ukraine. These new land protections represent a \u200cdeparture from Biden&#8217;s previous stance, where he urged oil refiners and producers \u2064to\u2064 increase supply and sought\u200c to shift blame for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/is-everything-racist-four-everyday-things-the-biden-administration-presents-as-racist\/\" title=\"Is Everything Racist? Four Everyday Things The Biden Administration Presents As \u2018Racist\u2019\">high gas prices<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>President Biden remains committed to addressing barriers to providing Americans with affordable and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/two-global-oil-titans-announce-divestment-from-russia-over-ukraine-invasion\/\" title=\"Two Global Oil Titans Announce Divestment From Russia Over Ukraine Invasion\">secure energy supplies<\/a>.\u2064 He \u200cis prepared\u200c to utilize all available \u2063tools\u2064 to achieve this goal.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\">Click here<\/a> \u200dto read more from The Washington Examiner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>statement that the decision aligns with President Biden&#8217;s commitment to combat climate change and prioritize conservation. The move has been praised by environmentalists but criticized by industry groups, who argue it will hinder economic growth and energy independence. The administration&#8217;s decision marks a significant shift in energy policy and signals a stronger focus on environmental protection.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2023811,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2023810","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2023810","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2023810"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2023810\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2023811"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2023810"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2023810"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2023810"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}