Liberal Forum

President Biden moved Wednesday to block oil drilling across giant swaths of Alaska’s North Slope, proposing to restrict development and cancel leases in the iconic Arctic National Wildlife Refuge issued under Donald Trump.
 The Biden administration plans to impose a permanent ban on oil and gas development for 10.6 million acres of the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska, or NPR-A, the nation’s largest expanse of public land. The proposal covers more than 40 percent of the entire reserve, home to a range of sensitive Arctic wildlife, including caribou and shorebirds. The Biden administration first suggested the idea earlier this year to address concerns over its approval of the Willow project, a massive oil development in the area.
 In a separate move, Interior Secretary Deb Haaland is cancelling all seven outstanding leases the Trump administration had awarded for oil exploration in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, in the state’s northeast corner. Drilling had been banned in the refuge, one of the nation’s most pristine natural areas, for decades until Congress in 2017 ordered lease sales on the reserve. As a candidate, Biden pledged to undo those sales as part of his sweeping climate agenda.

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Spin one for the Republicans!

https://youtu.be/euCkWcwA2Zk?si=4EZreU385YXe5a11

My Daddy was a part of the last generation to stand in the pitch black tall timber and identify each hound of an entire pack when they made their cry, after a fox on the run.

And although I had to carry a kerosene lantern to see to walk in the dark, I was there following his footsteps in the dark.

 I was little, and he’d always wait for me to catch up.

Joe Biden is a masterful fox hound.


What a masterful move.