(NPR) Trump Administration Sets Last-Minute Oil Lease Sale For Arctic Wildlife Refuge

Trump Administration Sets Last-Minute Oil Lease Sale For Arctic Wildlife Refuge

In this undated file photo provided by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, caribou from the Porcupine Caribou Herd migrate onto the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in northeast Alaska.



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Trump Administration Sets Last-Minute Oil Lease Sale For Arctic Wildlife Refuge

Alaska Public Media

The sale, on Jan. 6, will cap a bitter, decades-long battle over drilling in the pristine region. If leases are finalized before Joe Biden takes office, they could be difficult to revoke.