Ian Brickey, ian.brickey@sierraclub.org
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, the House Natural Resources Committee voted on Rep. Pete Stauber’s “Alaska’s Right to Produce Act,” a bill which would reinstate oil and gas leases in the Arctic Refuge that the Department of the Interior identified as having serious legal deficiencies. President Biden canceled those leases in September.
In response, Sierra Club Lands Protection Program Director Athan Manuel, released the following statement:
“Cancelling the oil and gas leases in the Arctic Refuge was the right thing to do, and President Biden was on firm legal ground when he did so. The Congressional GOP would rather waste time trying to revive leases that are legally dubious and oil companies don’t want than take up common sense, bipartisan legislation to protect our wildlife and our clean air and water.”
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