Biden must have some sort of death wish for his campaign.
On Wednesday he proposed Department of the Interior regulations to ensure maximum protection for 13 million acres of land across the National Petroleum Reserve (NPR), an area in North Slope Borough, Alaska. Biden further ordered an additional 2.8 million of acres to be withdrawn from oil and gas leasing in the Beaufort Sea off the northern coast of Alaska.
Additionally, Interior Secretary Deb Haaland authorized the cancelation of seven leases issued in 2021 to the Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority (AIDEA), a state agency. Those leases were purchased in January 2021 and span 365,775 acres across non-wilderness areas of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR).
Haaland explained that climate change is warming the Arctic more than twice as fast as the rest of the planet, we must do everything within our control to meet the highest standards of care to protect this fragile ecosystem.
Reaction was swift and damning to Biden, especially from sane democrats like Joe Manchin.
I cannot explain to the American people why we would willingly become more dependent on foreign oil imports, eliminate good paying American jobs and drive up the cost of our electric bills and gas prices across the country.
This is yet another example of this administration caving to the radical left with no regard for clear direction from Congress or American energy security.
Let us be clear this is another attempt to use executive action to circumvent a law to accomplish what this administration does not have the votes to achieve in Congress.
Canceling valid leases, removing acreage from future sales, and attempting to reduce production in Alaska while taking steps to allow Iran and Venezuela to produce more oil ( with fewer environmental regulations ) makes no sense and is frankly embarrassing.
Pretty clear Biden only cares about appeasing the leftist looneys in his party.
No wonder he cannot shake Trump in election polls when he should be a shoe in for reelection.
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