The Biden administration is likely to finalize rules in the coming days that would take 10 million acres of Alaska’s North Slope out of consideration for oil and gas production. While the Biden administration has stated a commitment to Native American sovereignty and inclusion, when it comes to oil and gas production, Native American groups say that commitment is meaningless.
“This is a continuation of the onslaught of being blindsided by the federal government about unilateral decisions affecting our homelands,” Nagruk Harcharek, president of the Voice of the Arctic Iñupiat, said in a statement.
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