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In this file photo, caribou from the Porcupine Caribou Herd migrate onto the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in northeast Alaska. The cancellations will delay the date of a 2021 lease sale in the region of the refuge, if it proceeds at all. (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service/Associated Press) Announcement follows Biden’s Jan. 27 executive order pausing oil and gas leases on federal lands and waters The United States’ Bureau of Ocean Energy Management said it would cancel a public comment period for a proposed oil and gas lease sale in federal waters off Alaska. The announcement Thursday came after President Joe Biden signed a Jan. 27 executive order that paused new oil and gas leases on federal lands and waters as the government reviews the program. Biden’s order was done in conjunction with other actions that limited oil and gas activity in Alaska, such as temporarily halting oil and gas work in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and delaying an oil exploration project in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska. The public comment period was scheduled to last through March 1. It was intended to inform an environmental impact study on the lease sale. Online virtual meetings […]
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