Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland paused all activities related to the oil and gas leasing program in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, initiated by the Trump administration, until her department completes a new environmental review. (Flickr/Alaska

President Biden's baffling inconsistency on Alaska drilling

EarthBeat
Jun 15, 2021

With his recent oil-drilling decisions, President Joe Biden have given good news and bad news to environmentalists. So what's behind his seemingly contradictory positions on oil and gas activities in Alaska?