The White House on Wednesday scrapped controversial oil leases in an Alaskan wildlife reserve that were awarded in the final days of the Trump administration as part of a broad effort to clamp down on Arctic drilling.
The leases in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge were issued on January 6 2021, days ahead of Trump’s departure from office, but were suspended six months later by the Biden administration’s interior department.
Their cancellation on the basis of “multiple legal deficiencies” comes as President Joe Biden’s White House looks to brandish its environmental credentials in the face of criticism over support for fossil fuel projects.
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