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2024 oil and gas leasing program
Coverage of 2024 oil and gas leasing program in the Nexus archive.
- Trump settles suits challenging Biden-era oil restrictions in Alaska
The U.S. Department of Justice settled two lawsuits challenging Biden-era restrictions on oil and gas leases in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, agreeing the 2024 program violated the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. The settlement, which dismissed cases from Alaska and the Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority, affirmed Trump’s 2017 policy requiring lease sales in the refuge’s coastal plain.