Trump's 9th-inning ANWR leases may never go anywhere, legal experts say

Even if in its waning days the Trump administration succeeds in selling oil and gas leases in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska, the leases may never be issued, legal and other experts said Tuesday.

The leases would face strong and likely insurmountable headwinds from two directions: the incoming Biden administration and the courts, they said.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/17/climate/arctic-wildlife-refuge-lease-sales.html

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