{"id":2024485,"date":"2023-09-07T11:21:01","date_gmt":"2023-09-07T15:21:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/manchin-trashes-biden-administration-decision-to-pull-us-oil-and-gas-leases-in-alaska\/"},"modified":"2023-09-07T11:23:24","modified_gmt":"2023-09-07T15:23:24","slug":"manchin-trashes-biden-administration-decision-to-pull-us-oil-and-gas-leases-in-alaska","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/manchin-trashes-biden-administration-decision-to-pull-us-oil-and-gas-leases-in-alaska\/","title":{"rendered":"Manchin criticizes Biden&#8217;s move to cancel Alaska oil and gas leases."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/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%2Fmanchin-trashes-biden-administration-decision-to-pull-us-oil-and-gas-leases-in-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=2024485&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>Sen. Joe\u200c Manchin Slams \u2062Biden Administration&#8217;s Decision to Pull Oil and Gas Leases from Alaska<\/h2>\n<p>Sen.\u2062 Joe \u200dManchin (D-WV) strongly criticized the Biden administration&#8217;s \u200drecent move to revoke oil and\u2064 gas leases\u200c in Alaska, \u2064accusing them of bowing down to the radical Left. The decision, announced by the Department of the \u200bInterior, prohibits drilling \u2062on over\u2064 10.6 \u2063million acres in Alaska&#8217;s National Petroleum Reserve, safeguarding more than 40% of the reserve\u2062 and preserving the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/manchin-trashes-biden-administration-decision-to-pull-us-oil-and-gas-leases-in-alaska\/\" title=\"Manchin criticizes Biden's move to cancel Alaska oil and gas leases.\">largest undisturbed public\u2063 land<\/a> in \u2064the United States, located \u200cin Alaska&#8217;s North Slope.<\/p>\n<h3>Manchin: A Blow to American Energy Security<\/h3>\n<p>&#8220;I cannot fathom why we\u200b would willingly increase our dependence \u200don \u2062foreign\u2064 oil imports, eliminate well-paying American jobs, and drive up electricity and gas prices\u2064 nationwide,&#8221; \u2062Manchin expressed his dismay. &#8220;This is \u2064yet another instance\u200d of the administration\u200b succumbing to the radical Left, disregarding the \u200dclear\u200d direction from\u2063 Congress\u2063 and jeopardizing American energy security.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Manchin went on to describe the decision as &#8220;embarrassing&#8221; and an\u2064 attempt to bypass Congress, suggesting\u200c that the administration lacks\u200d the necessary support \u200dfor proper \u2062approval. He also raised concerns\u2064 that this \u2062move would enable countries like Iran and Venezuela to ramp up their oil production\u200d with fewer environmental regulations.<\/p>\n<h3>Rolling Back Leases\u200b in the\u2062 Arctic National Wildlife\u2062 Refuge<\/h3>\n<p>In\u2063 addition to the Alaska\u200c National\u2064 Petroleum Reserve,\u2064 the Interior Department also announced the rollback of seven oil\u200b and gas leases in the Arctic National Wildlife \u200dRefuge, which were previously leased for exploration by Alaska&#8217;s \u200b<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> \u2064during the Trump administration. The department cited a new \u200d<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/environmental-groups-cheer-keystone-shutdown-now-demand-biden-shut-down-all-pipelines\/\" title=\"Environmental Groups Cheer Keystone Shutdown, Now Demand Biden Shut Down All Pipelines\">environmental review<\/a> \u2063that revealed serious flaws in the original \u200banalysis, rendering \u200bit legally inadequate.<\/p>\n<p>These decisions have garnered praise from \u200benvironmental groups advocating for\u200d increased \u2064conservation efforts in the area.<\/p>\n<h3>Manchin&#8217;s Ongoing \u2064Clash with the Administration<\/h3>\n<p>Sen. Manchin has consistently clashed with the current\u2064 administration \u200bon <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/easy-being-green-bidens-clean-energy-fundraisers-reap-white-house-rewards\/\" title=\"Easy Being Green: Biden\u2019s Clean Energy Fundraisers Reap White House Rewards\">climate-related issues<\/a>. As the chairman\u200b of the \u200cSenate Energy\u200d and Natural Resources Committee, he has criticized his own party&#8217;s handling of the Inflation Reduction Act, despite \u2062playing \u2064a significant\u2064 role in its development.<\/p>\n<p>Although\u2064 Manchin has\u200b hinted at the possibility of \u200dleaving\u200d the Democratic Party, he has stated that\u2063 he\u200b would only do so if he believed\u200d it would allow him to maintain a truly\u2063 independent\u200b voice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) criticized the Biden administration for yielding to the radical Left by canceling oil and gas leases in Alaska. 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