The US will cancel the drilling rights in the Arctic refuge granted by Trump

USA announced on Wednesday that it will cancel oil and gas drilling rights in the Arctic National Wildlife Refugein Alaskathat the former president donald trump (2017-2021) conceded in a controversial way at the end of his term.

The measure also affects 13,000 square kilometers of the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaskathe largest undisturbed area of ​​territory of USA in public hands.

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President Joe Biden affirmed that the cancellation of the concessions in the refuge Arctic and the protection of the 130,000 square kilometers “will help preserve” the territory and wildlife of the Arctic “while honoring the culture, history and wisdom of the natives of Alaska They have lived there since time immemorial.

The Secretary of the Interior USA, Deb Haalandreported in a statement that it ordered the cancellation of the seven drilling permits in the arctic haven that Trump awarded in 2020, shortly before leaving the White House.

The permits, the last remaining, had already been temporarily suspended in June 2021 for “legal deficiencies” in the concession process.

Haaland declared that given the acceleration of global warming Arctic as a consequence of climate change, USA “You must do everything you can to meet the highest standards to protect this fragile ecosystem”.

He Arctic National Wildlife Refuge It has an extension of about 78,000 square kilometers and is the habitat of animals such as polar bears, wolves, caribou and more than 200 species of birds.

The territory is considered sacred by the kutchin (also called gwich’in), an aboriginal group from the northern part of North America.

Source: Elcomercio

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