( ) -q-25- UNDATED (Correspondent Jeremy House) “and predicted lawsuits.” The Biden administration says it will restrict new oil and gas leasing on 13 million acres of a federal petroleum reserve in Alaska. [CutID: <Cuts> BIDEN-OIL-GAS-LEASING-house-q-FRIam.mp3 Time: 25s Title: BIDEN-OIL-GAS-LEASING-house-q-FRIam Out-cue: and predicted lawsuits] TAG: Correspondent Jeremy House reporting. Friday’s decision also cements an earlier […]
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Biden administration restricts oil, gas leasing in 13 million acres of Alaska’s petroleum reserve
( ) -q-25- UNDATED (Correspondent Jeremy House) “and predicted lawsuits.”
The Biden administration says it will restrict new oil and gas leasing on 13 million acres of a federal petroleum reserve in Alaska.
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Title: BIDEN-OIL-GAS-LEASING-house-q-FRIam
Out-cue: and predicted lawsuits]
TAG: Correspondent Jeremy House reporting. Friday’s decision also cements an earlier plan that called for closing nearly half the reserve to oil and gas leasing.
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VERBATIM: The aim of the restriction is to help protect wildlife such as caribou and polar bears as the Arctic continues to warm. The decision finalizes protections first proposed last year as the Biden administration prepared to approve the controversial Willow oil project. Alaska Republican Senator Dan Sullivan called the restriction an “illegal” attack on the state’s economic lifeblood, and predicted lawsuits.