Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR)

US President Donald Trump participates in a phone call with Vice President Mike Pence, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley October 4, 2020, in his conference room at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland. Not shown in the photo also in the room on the call is Chief of Staff Mark Meadows. Photo: Reuters
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Trump administration issues last-minute Arctic refuge drilling leases

Lease holders would still need to seek permits from the new administration before any wells could be drilled, among other challenges

Pacific black brant fly past Mount Dutton over the Izembek Lagoon in the Izembek National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska's Aleutian Islands, in this U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) picture taken November 7, 2008. REUTERS
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Last-minute White House decision opens more Arctic land to oil leasing

Three polar bears are seen on the Beaufort Sea coast within the 1002 Area of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in this undated handout photo provided by the US Fish and Wildlife Service Alaska Image Library on December 21, 2005. REUTERS/HANDOUT/US Fish and Wildlife Service Alaska Image Library
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Trump administration pushes to sell Alaska oil leases pre-Biden inauguration