The Department of Interior said the nominations and any comments on the land tracts must be received 30 days after the document is published in the Federal Register. The “call for nominations” is scheduled to be published on Tuesday, but a version was posted on Monday.
The move is a key step toward pulling off a sale of oil drilling leases in a pristine area of the Arctic before Democrat Joe Biden, who opposes energy development there, becomes president. Drilling had been banned in ANWR for decades before Republican-led tax legislation signed in 2017 removed that ban. Lawmakers in Alaska have long pushed to open up the ecologically sensitive area to oil and gas exploration.
Following the 30-day period after the call for nominations, the government would have to issue a notice for an impending lease sale. The sale would take place 30 days after that, just before Biden’s expected inauguration on Jan. 20.
Ooh good thinking go after that prescious dinosaur poop for the dignity if nothing else! In Sarah Palin's hot post of all places. Heard it's a great place to raise vegetables🥦🐰
So is Trump going to have the cash sent to an off shore account in China or Russia? Trump's using the office of the presidency to gain personal wealth again?
What’s already in the ground should stay there.
Bwahahaha! Toddler lost binky!!
I'll be drilling at Mar-a-Lago after realDonaldTrump goes to prison. I just hope Deutsche Bank doesn't foreclose on the place right away.
He lost.
Trump's scorched earth policy, designed to financially benefit his key donors. No wonder he's unwilling to accept the result of the election.
Dirt bag, actually a dirt bag. I wont miss this monster when he is gone.
If republicans are ok with this, they are not pro-life and they truly want to destroy the planet.
Noooooo
Disgusting.
Wicked and evil child
Does it even pay off to invest in oil drilling nowadays? And surely anyone bidding would have to count on this being overturned by the new administration come February
This is disgusting. How could anyone think it is okay to drill in this pristine area? This is nothing more then a finger in the eye of our environment. They don't even have a market for the stuff.