Commodities and Futures News

Biden administration to announce cancellation of Alaska wildlife drilling leases-sources

2023.09.06 13:15


© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden convenes the fourth virtual leader-level meeting of the Major Economies Forum (MEF) on Energy and Climate at the White House in Washington, U.S., April 20, 2023. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo

(Reuters) -The U.S. Interior Department on Wednesday will announce the cancellation of oil and gas leases in a federal wildlife refuge that were bought by an Alaska state development agency in 2021, according to sources briefed on the matter.

The Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority (AIDEA) was issued seven leases in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge a day before the inauguration of President Joe Biden, who had pledged to protect the 19.6 million-acre habitat for polar bears and caribou.

Interior and AIDEA officials were not immediately available for comment.

In June 2021, Biden’s administration said it would suspend the leases issued in ANWR pending an environmental review. AIDEA later sued in federal court.

Under former President Donald Trump, the Interior Department sold leases in ANWR over the objections of environmentalists and indigenous groups.

Source link

Related Articles

Back to top button
bitcoin
Bitcoin (BTC) $ 102,543.47 3.21%
ethereum
Ethereum (ETH) $ 2,214.83 16.11%
tether
Tether (USDT) $ 1.00 0.03%
xrp
XRP (XRP) $ 2.30 4.89%
bnb
BNB (BNB) $ 625.24 2.48%
solana
Solana (SOL) $ 161.41 6.52%
usd-coin
USDC (USDC) $ 1.00 0.01%
dogecoin
Dogecoin (DOGE) $ 0.193595 6.63%
cardano
Cardano (ADA) $ 0.757567 7.47%
tron
TRON (TRX) $ 0.254422 1.61%
staked-ether
Lido Staked Ether (STETH) $ 2,212.79 16.33%
wrapped-bitcoin
Wrapped Bitcoin (WBTC) $ 102,347.42 3.23%
sui
Sui (SUI) $ 3.86 6.80%
chainlink
Chainlink (LINK) $ 15.63 7.49%
avalanche-2
Avalanche (AVAX) $ 22.00 6.85%
wrapped-steth
Wrapped stETH (WSTETH) $ 2,660.63 16.22%
stellar
Stellar (XLM) $ 0.292028 8.32%
shiba-inu
Shiba Inu (SHIB) $ 0.000014 6.24%
bitcoin-cash
Bitcoin Cash (BCH) $ 416.70 0.59%
leo-token
LEO Token (LEO) $ 8.87 0.41%
hedera-hashgraph
Hedera (HBAR) $ 0.193489 5.58%
usds
USDS (USDS) $ 1.00 0.02%
the-open-network
Toncoin (TON) $ 3.20 3.25%
hyperliquid
Hyperliquid (HYPE) $ 23.75 10.64%
litecoin
Litecoin (LTC) $ 94.71 2.43%
polkadot
Polkadot (DOT) $ 4.46 5.67%
weth
WETH (WETH) $ 2,214.77 16.26%
monero
Monero (XMR) $ 297.67 4.48%
bitget-token
Bitget Token (BGB) $ 4.46 4.25%
wrapped-eeth
Wrapped eETH (WEETH) $ 2,363.47 16.17%
binance-bridged-usdt-bnb-smart-chain
Binance Bridged USDT (BNB Smart Chain) (BSC-USD) $ 1.00 0.09%
pi-network
Pi Network (PI) $ 0.676066 8.58%
coinbase-wrapped-btc
Coinbase Wrapped BTC (CBBTC) $ 102,501.46 3.30%
ethena-usde
Ethena USDe (USDE) $ 1.00 0.09%
pepe
Pepe (PEPE) $ 0.000011 23.01%
whitebit
WhiteBIT Coin (WBT) $ 30.28 5.60%
uniswap
Uniswap (UNI) $ 6.18 19.40%
bittensor
Bittensor (TAO) $ 422.44 5.86%
aptos
Aptos (APT) $ 5.53 9.59%
dai
Dai (DAI) $ 1.00 0.00%
near
NEAR Protocol (NEAR) $ 2.75 13.50%
susds
sUSDS (SUSDS) $ 1.05 0.01%
okb
OKB (OKB) $ 52.40 1.83%
aave
Aave (AAVE) $ 205.51 11.13%
ondo-finance
Ondo (ONDO) $ 0.977408 6.45%
blackrock-usd-institutional-digital-liquidity-fund
BlackRock USD Institutional Digital Liquidity Fund (BUIDL) $ 1.00 0.00%
crypto-com-chain
Cronos (CRO) $ 0.098615 4.32%
ethereum-classic
Ethereum Classic (ETC) $ 18.46 7.90%
internet-computer
Internet Computer (ICP) $ 5.21 8.38%
official-trump
Official Trump (TRUMP) $ 13.62 11.47%