In its decision, the BLM limited the lease sales to 400,000 acres, which is one-quarter of the coastal plain section of the refuge.
The federal Bureau of Land Management finalized the restrictions on an oil and gas lease sale in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge on Monday, aimed at protecting wildlife and other environmental resources, while complying with a 2017 law that mandated the lease sale. , the BLM limited the lease sales to 400,000 acres, which is one-quarter of the coastal plain section of the refuge. That amount is the minimum mandated by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017.
Environmental groups have opposed oil development in the refuge for decades. After the BLM announcement, legal advocacy organization Earthjustice described drilling in ANWR as “all risk with no reward.” “We’re committed to going to court as often as necessary to defend the Arctic Refuge from oil drilling and will work toward a more sustainable future that does not depend on ever-expanding oil extraction,” Grafe said.The first lease sale, held in the last days of the Trump administration in January 2021, led to nine leases being sold. However, no major oil companies submitted bids, and no exploration took place on these leases.
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