President Joe Biden 'doesn't have the authority' to ban oil and gas leasing on federal petroleum reserves in Alaska, Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan said Sunday
on federal petroleum reserves in Alaska, Sen. Dan Sullivan said Sunday in response to the Democratic administration’s environmental protection plan.
In a statement released Friday, Biden touted the restrictions, saying that he is “proud 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.”
"The president says—Well, I did it because the indigenous people of Alaska wanted it," he says. "That's a lie."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’s also become the site of the ConocoPhillips-owned Willow project, an oil drilling venture that has angered some environmental advocates.
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. Theunder Biden said it wanted “no action” taken on the mine, and effectively blocked the road’s access to the federal land.
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