Executive order will pause all ANWR oil activities

摘要

President Biden will sign a temporary moratorium on oil and gas leasing activities in the Arctic National WildlifeRefuge today, hitting the brakes on his predecessor's "energy dominance" era.The executive action, announced by the administration this morning but not yet published, would fulfill Biden'scampaign trail promise to immediately act to restore Arctic refuge protections.It's not yet clear how the moratorium would affect drilling rights sold in the Trump administration's eleventh-houroil auction earlier this month. But experts said Biden appears to be casting a wide net with the temporary freeze.