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The “outnumbered” panel reacts to President Biden’s latest war on American energy in the final days of his term and how President-elect Trump has vowed to fight.
The Biden administration was sued by the state of Alaska for claims that they violated a The era of Trump law reducing the scope of a mandatory oil and gas lease.
During President-elect Donald Trump’s first term in office in 2017, he signed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, which required the government to allow at least two oil and gas drilling lease sales in the Refuge Coastal Plain Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR). December 2024.
With the deadline fast approaching, the Biden administration announced in December that it plans to move forward with a 400,000-acre oil and gas lease sale in the northwestern portion of the program area. But the lease, which was the smallest amount required under the Trump-era law, contained some restrictions.
In a lawsuit filed Monday, the state of Alaska sued the Biden administration over allegations it violated Congress’ statutory mandate limiting drilling in the region.
The Biden administration opened the lease on 400,000 acres in the northwestern portion of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. (Susan Walsh)
“Interior’s continued and irrational opposition under the Biden administration to responsible energy development in the Arctic continues America on a path of energy dependence instead of using the vast resources available to us,” said the Republican Governor of Alaska Mike Dunleavy in a statement.
In 1980, President Jimmy Carter set aside an area of ANWR, known as “Area 1002,” for future exploration and potential development of natural resources.
The state of alaska states that by limiting drilling in the region, the Biden administration is “denying Congress’ express call for oil and gas leasing and development in the Coastal Plain.”
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“Congress did not authorize new direction for ANWR. President Biden’s administration ignored the law and took this illegal detour without even presenting its final decision to the public for comment.” Alaska Attorney General Treg Taylor said in a statement.
Aerial view of oil development facilities at Prudhoe Bay on Alaska’s North Slope on the edge of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. (Simon Bruty/Anychance)
The Biden administration issued restrictions on the lease, including the use and occupancy of the acreage, which the complaint says could “make any development economically and practically impossible.”
The lawsuit was filed a few days earlier the lease sale is scheduled to take place on January 9.
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The Department of the Interior told Fox News Digital it would not comment on the lawsuit.
