Biden to Enact Arctic Protections

“President Biden on Monday will announce sweeping protections for more than 16 million acres of land and water in Alaska, as he prepares to approve a massive oil drilling project that has drawn intense criticism from climate activists and young voters,” the Washington Post reports.

“The president will declare the Arctic Ocean off limits to oil and gas leasing, the Interior Department announced Sunday. The department will also write new regulations protecting nearly 13 million acres in the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska, the nation’s largest piece of public land, including ecologically sensitive areas that provide habitat for thousands of caribou and shorebirds.”