(NPR) Trump Rushes To Lock In Oil Drilling In Arctic Wildlife Refuge Before Biden's Term

Trump Rushes To Lock In Oil Drilling In Arctic Wildlife Refuge Before Biden's Term

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 Rushes To Lock In Oil Drilling In Arctic Wildlife Refuge Before Biden's Term

Alaska Public Media

The Jan. 6 auction was set before the end of the public comment period. If leases are finalized before Joe Biden takes office, they could be difficult to revoke.