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Biden extends oil and gas leasing ban in Alaska’s Northern Bering Sea

The entire Northern Bering Sea is now off-limits to oil and gas leasing, under a presidential directive announced on Monday. President Joe Biden invoked his authority under a federal law to withdraw about 44 million acres of the Northern Bering Sea and other federal offshore areas from the Department of the Interior’s oil and gas

Alaska Dispatch News · 2d

Biden withdraws more than 600M acres of federal waters from future oil and gas drilling, including in the Bering Sea

In response, Alaska’s new U.S. representative, Nick Begich III, called Biden a “son of a bitch” on social media and incorrectly suggested the action applied to Cook Inlet.

Alaska Public Media · 2d

Biden closes Northern Bering Sea to offshore drilling

The decision adds to a closure Obama created. It’s not clear Trump can reverse it without an act of Congress. The oil and gas industry is not active in the area.

In his final days, President Biden moves to protect the Atlantic Coast, including NC, from drilling

It’s not uncommon for presidents to issue a flurry of executive actions just before they leave office, but how many of those ...

2don MSN

Biden Ends Presidency How He Started It: Halting Oil Production

With two weeks left in office, President Joe Biden is ending his presidency the same way he started it: halting oil ...

Chum salmon bycatch limit in valuable Alaska pollock fishery at center of pending management decision

Tribal policy experts got together on Jan. 3 in anticipation of a fisheries management decision that could eventually set a ...

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