{"id":2226558,"date":"2024-04-21T15:25:01","date_gmt":"2024-04-21T19:25:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-doesnt-have-the-authority-to-limit-oil-and-gas-leasing-in-alaska-dan-sullivan\/"},"modified":"2024-04-21T15:29:11","modified_gmt":"2024-04-21T19:29:11","slug":"biden-doesnt-have-the-authority-to-limit-oil-and-gas-leasing-in-alaska-dan-sullivan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-doesnt-have-the-authority-to-limit-oil-and-gas-leasing-in-alaska-dan-sullivan\/","title":{"rendered":"Dan Sullivan argues that Biden lacks the power to restrict oil and gas leasing in Alaska"},"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\">32<\/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-doesnt-have-the-authority-to-limit-oil-and-gas-leasing-in-alaska-dan-sullivan%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=2226558&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--><p>Senator \u2062Dan Sullivan criticized President\u2063 Joe Biden&#8217;s plan to restrict new oil and gas leasing in Alaska, stating \u200cthat Biden lacks the authority for such actions. Sullivan highlighted the opposition from leaders\u2064 in the North Slope and criticized Biden for not considering the wishes\u200c of Alaska \u200cNative communities. \u200dBiden&#8217;s \u200cadministration recently finalized a rule freezing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/joe-biden-knows-he-messed-up-on-fracking-at-debate-and-is-now-doing-damage-control-the-daily-wire\/\" title=\"Joe Biden Knows He Messed Up On Fracking At Debate And Is Now Doing Damage Control | The Daily Wire\">fossil fuel leases<\/a> in the National Petroleum Reserve \u200bin\u2064 Alaska.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Joe Biden<\/a> \u201cdoesn\u2019t have the authority\u201d to restrict<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/alaska-drilling-petroleum-reserve-biden-1dd8c07d2ed6e902ee6ac6298e2eaade\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\" new oil and gas leasing\"> new oil and gas leasing<\/a> on federal petroleum reserves in Alaska, Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-AK) said Sunday in response to the Democratic administration\u2019s environmental protection plan.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLeaders of the North Slope of Alaska were unanimous in opposition to this,\u201d Sullivan said Sunday, adding that Biden was not being forthright about the wants of Alaska Native communities in regard to the new oil and gas leasing rule. Sullivan\u2019s comments come days after the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Biden-administration\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Biden administration<\/a> finalized a rule on Friday to freeze new fossil fuel leases on nearly half of the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement released Friday, Biden touted the restrictions, saying that he is \u201cproud that my Administration is taking action to conserve more than 13 million acres in the Western Arctic and to honor the culture, history, and enduring wisdom of Alaska Natives who have lived on and stewarded these lands since time immemorial.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div>\n<blockquote data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<div lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<p>The Biden administration&#8217;s move to restrict new oil and gas leasing on part of a federal petroleum reserve in Alaska is &#8220;lawless,&#8221; Alaska GOP <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenDanSullivan?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SenDanSullivan<\/a> says.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The president says\u2014Well, I did it because the indigenous people of Alaska wanted it,&#8221; he says. &#8220;That&#8217;s a lie.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/XdAwQIg22T\">pic.twitter.com\/XdAwQIg22T<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u2014 Face The Nation (@FaceTheNation) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FaceTheNation\/status\/1782067849084776816?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 21, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The reserve is more than 23 million acres of public land and is also an underground emergency oil supply for the U.S. Navy that was designated in the 1920s. It\u2019s also become the site of the ConocoPhillips-owned Willow project, an oil drilling venture that has angered some environmental advocates.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs I say, [it\u2019s] national security suicide,\u201d Sullivan said on CBS News\u2019s <em>Face the Nation <\/em>on Sunday, calling it \u201ca lie\u201d for the Biden administration to claim that the indigenous population of Alaska wanted the new anti-drilling rule.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is a lie. Go see what the indigenous people of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/alaska\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Alaska<\/a> from my part of the state said,\u201d Sullivan said, adding, \u201cIt\u2019s lawless, and he doesn\u2019t have the authority to do it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Voice of the Arctic I\u00f1upiat President Nagruk Harcharek said Friday that Biden\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/grotesque-betrayal-of-students-critics-blast-bidens-new-title-ix-regulations-championing-gender-identity\/\" title=\"Critics slam Biden's new Title IX regulations prioritizing 'gender identity' as a betrayal of students\">final rule \u201c<\/a>does not reflect our communities\u2019 wishes,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/04\/19\/climate\/alaska-drilling-ban-biden-climate\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"according\">according<\/a> to CNN. Harcharek said the decision to ban drilling will \u201churt the very residents the federal government purports to help by rolling back years of progress, impoverishing our communities, and imperiling our I\u00f1upiaq culture.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Biden administration on Friday also moved to roll back a Trump administration-approved Ambler road construction in the Alaskan wilderness. The road, if built, would create an access point for a proposed copper and zinc mine. The <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/interior\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Interior Department<\/a> under Biden said it wanted \u201cno action\u201d taken on the mine, and effectively blocked the road\u2019s access to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-releases-list-of-president-trumps-accomplishments-and-it-is-historic\/\" title=\"White House Releases List of President Trump\u2019s Accomplishments \u2013  And It Is Historic!\">federal land<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Interior Sec. Deb Haaland, who made history as the first Native American to serve as Cabinet secretary, said the Biden administration\u2019s Alaska conservation plan would \u201cunderscore our commitment to ensure that places too special to develop remain intact for the communities and species that rely on them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>But Sullivan said that Alaskan Natives \u201ctried to meet with Secretary Haaland, and she wouldn\u2019t meet with them, adding that now \u201cThey\u2019re very upset.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd the president was canceling their voices and now stealing their voices, it was really a despicable move,\u201d Sullivan said.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senator Dan Sullivan (R-AK) stated that President Joe Biden lacks the authority to curb new oil and gas leasing on federal petroleum reserves in Alaska. He mentioned that leaders from the North Slope of Alaska unanimously opposed Biden&#8217;s environmental protection plan. Sullivan emphasized the industry&#8217;s discontent with Biden&#8217;s proposed restrictions<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2633,"featured_media":2226559,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/AP24110010449336-1024x683.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2226558","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/AP24110010449336-1024x683.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2226558","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\/2633"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2226558"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2226558\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2226559"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2226558"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2226558"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2226558"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}