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The Biden administration has been sued by the state of Alaska for violating Trump-era laws by narrowing the scope of mandated oil and gas leases.
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, which requires the government to authorize at least two oil and gas drilling lease sales in the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) during President-elect Donald Trump's first term in 2017. signed. December 2024.
As the deadline is rapidly approaching, Biden administration In December, the company announced plans to proceed with oil and gas lease sales on 400,000 acres within the northwest program area. But the lease was the minimum required by Trump-era law and contained several restrictions.
In a lawsuit filed Monday, the state of Alaska accuses the Biden administration of violating Congress' statutory obligations by restricting drilling in the region.
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The Biden administration has begun leasing 400,000 acres within the northwestern portion of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. (Susan Walsh)
“Mr. Interior's continued and irrational opposition to responsible energy development in the Arctic under the Biden administration threatens to deprive the United States of taking advantage of the vast resources available to it,” Alaska's Republican governor, Mike Dunleavy, said in a statement. “We continue to move down the path of energy dependence,” he said.
In 1980, President Jimmy Carter set aside an area of ANWR known as “Area 1002” for potential future natural resource exploration and development.
Alaska claims that by restricting drilling in the area, the Biden administration would “override Congress' explicit requirement for oil and gas leasing and development in the coastal plain.”
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“Congress did not approve a new direction for ANWR,” Alaska Attorney General Treg Taylor said in a statement. “President Biden’s administration ignored the law and failed to present the final decision to the public for comment.” “We took this illegal detour.”
Aerial view of an oil development facility in Prudhoe Bay, Alaska's North Slope, on the edge of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. (Simon Bruty/Any Chance)
The Biden administration has issued restrictions on leases, including surface use and occupancy, which the complaint alleges could “make any development economically and virtually impossible.”
The lawsuit was filed a few days ago lease sales It is scheduled to be held on January 9th.
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The Department of the Interior told Fox News Digital it would not comment on the lawsuit.
