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Biden Suspends Drilling Leases in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

• The decision effectively blocks oil and gas drilling in one of the largest tracts of undeveloped wilderness in the United States.
• Democrats and Republicans have long fought over drilling in the region, and issuing the leases was a signature achievement of the Trump White House.

A polar bear in the Beaufort Sea, off the Alaskan coast in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Steven J. Kazlowski/Alamy