Biden administration cancels state-owned oil leases in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

The administration will add protections for 13 million acres in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska.

WASHINGTON — The Interior Department announced Wednesday it will cancel the last remaining oil leases in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and move to prevent drilling in 13 million acres in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska., in the final days of the Trump’s administration, violated federal law.

The Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority, a state agency, was the sole owner of the 10-year leases covering 365,000 acres in the refuge, after two private companiesThe agency on Wednesday also said it would release a new draft environmental statement analyzing the potential impact of oil drilling in the Arctic refuge, opening a public comment period.

in nearly 3 million acres in the Beaufort Sea, adding to protections for the Beaufort Sea Planning Area and the Obama administration’s withdrawal of the Chukchi Sea Planning Area. The department also said it would increase protections in 13 million acres of the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska, close to half of the reserve.

The plans to add protections to prevent offshore drilling in the federal waters of the Beaufort Sea were first

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