The Biden administration is taking steps to block oil and gas leasing within a 10-mile radius around New Mexico’s Chaco Canyon, a site considered sacred to Native Americans
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The White House said on Monday that the Interior Department in the coming weeks will begin considering a 20-year withdrawal of federal lands within 10 miles of Chaco Culture National Historical Park. Such a move would prevent oil and gas leasing and development in the area, the White House said.
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