Politics www.maxpixel.net Judge’s order forces Interior Department to revive drilling lease sales on federal lands and waters The oil and gas industry claims the Biden administration is dragging its feet on resuming new leases, while climate activists fear Biden might be backtracking on his promise to stop new drilling.
Top Story www.nytimes.com Biden suspends drilling leases in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge The decision blocks, for now, oil and gas drilling in one of the largest tracts of undeveloped wilderness in the United States.
Causes www.politico.com Trump administration eyes speedy permit for Arctic National Wildlife Refuge seismic tests “This is unrealistically fast-tracked,” a DOI employee who has reviewed the application told POLITICO.
Op-ed: “I’m sorry, I can’t hear you” — disabling environments in Cancer Alley and the Ohio River Valley
A Pennsylvania fracking company with more than 2,000 environmental violations selected for federal environmental justice funding
