“Amerikaanse. Fish and Wildlife Service via AP Caribou migrate onto the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in northeast Alaska. The Trump administration will sell off rights to drill for oil in Alaska’s pristine and fragile Arctic National Wildlife Refuge just days ahead of President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration. The 11th-hour lease sale is slated for Jan. 6, the Bureau of Land Management announced Thursday. That’s exactly two weeks before Biden, who has pledged to protect the vast wilderness area, assumes office. “Oil and gas from the Coastal Plain is an important resource for meeting our Nation’s long-term energy demands and will help create jobs and economic opportunities,” Chad Padgett, the BLM’s Alaska state director, said in a statement. But several analyses have found that the supposed economic benefits the Trump administration and Republican lawmakers have touted in their push to transform the refuge’s 1.56 million-acre coastal plain into an oil field are unattainable. The refuge, often described as “America’s Serengeti,” covers more than 19 million acres in northeastern Alaska. The region is home to polar bears, caribou, moose and hundreds of species of migratory birds. For decades, the coastal plain, known as the “1002 Area,” has been a battleground for energy companies and conservationists. Kristen Monsell, senior attorney at the Center for Biological Diversity, slammed the announcement, calling President Donald Trump’s effort to rush through leases “incredibly reckless” and illegal. “Trump isn’t even pretending to care what the public thinks about giving the Arctic Refuge to Big Oil,” she said. “We’re counting on the Biden administration and the courts to protect polar bears and our climate where Trump wouldn’t.” Biden has committed to doing just that. “As President, Biden will take immediate steps to reverse the Trump administration’s assaults on America’s natural treasures, including by reversing Trump’s attacks on the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Bears Ears, and Grand Staircase-Escalante,” reads Biden’s comprehensive plan for tribal nations, which his campaign released in October. The Indigenous Gwich’in people of northern Alaska and Canada call the refuge “the sacred place where life begins,” and for thousands of years have relied on the caribou herds that roam the area as a primary food source. This is a developing story. Check back for updates.
Trump-administrasie Lowballs werkloosheidsvoordele in nuwe COVID-19-aanbod
144 Uitsigte0 Opmerkings0 Hou van
["Die jongste stimulusaanbod van die Withuis kom eenmalig $600 betalings vir die meeste Amerikaners en 'n klomp steenkool vir werkloses. Die nuwe voorstel wat deur die minister van finansies, Steve Mnuchin, aangebied is, het die $3...
Biden Selects Marcia Fudge As Housing Secretary, Tom Vilsack For Agriculture
88 Uitsigte0 Opmerkings0 Hou van
["WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Joe Biden has selected Ohio Rep. Marcia Fudge as his housing and urban development secretary and former Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack to reprise that role in his administration,...
Trump: Miljoene Amerikaners wat COVID-19 kry, is 'geweldig’ En 'n 'Kragtige entstof’
130 Uitsigte0 Opmerkings0 Hou van
["President Donald Trump het Dinsdag die groot aantal Amerikaners wat met COVID-19 besmet is, as 'geweldig' uitgespreek,”En beweer valslik dat al die gevalle as 'n 'kragtige entstof' dien. 'Ek dink dat die entstof ...
Trump-prokureur, Jenna Ellis, toets positief vir COVID-19: Verslae
104 Uitsigte0 Opmerkings0 Hou van
["Jenna Ellis, 'n prokureur vir president Donald Trump, het na verneem word positief getoets vir COVID-19 nadat hy verlede week 'n Withuis-kerspartytjie vir senior personeel bygewoon het. Ellis was 'n gas van Peter se handelsadviseur Peter ...
Coronavirus Regstreekse opdaterings: Trump-administrasie het verskeie aanbiedings geweier om meer entstowwe te bekom 2021
77 Uitsigte0 Opmerkings0 Hou van
["Die eerste dosisse van die koronavirus-entstof is in die Verenigde Koninkryk gegee. op Dinsdag, aangesien sake in die Verenigde State steeds toeneem. Tot op hede, meer as 14.9 miljoen Amerikaners het die koronavirus opgedoen, Volgens ...
Stephen Colbert: Dit is die naaste wat ons sal kry vir 'n Melania Trump-konsessie
180 Uitsigte0 Opmerkings0 Hou van
["Stephen Colbert dink dat presidentsvrou Melania Trump net naby gekom het om die 2020 verkiesing namens haar uitgestemde man, President Donald Trump. Op Maandag se uitsending van “The Late Show,”Gasheer Colbert riffe ...
Donald Trump Jr. se klaaglied oor 'tirannie' word op hom teruggeslaan
138 Uitsigte0 Opmerkings0 Hou van
["Donald Trump Jr.. het op Twitter gekerm oor 'tirannie' in die Verenigde State en baie mense het gedink dat dit ietwat van 'n eie eienaarskap was. Donald Trump se oudste seun het voortgegaan met sy eie pogings om die 2020 verkiesing - ...
Trump het die beste Republikein in die huis van Pennsylvania gevra om in te gryp by die verkiesing: Verslag
72 Uitsigte0 Opmerkings0 Hou van
["President Donald Trump het die speaker van die huis van verteenwoordigers van Pennsylvania twee keer persoonlik gebel om hom te vra om te help om die resultate van die 2020 Amerikaanse. verkiesing in die staat, Trump se jongste poging om sy ...