All of ANWAR has been shut down to drilling.
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Biden blocks drilling in ANWR, among his first acts as president
The decision came one day after the Trump administration issued oil and gas leases on the coastal plain of Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.www.adn.com
A federal judge shut down new leases in the GOM and Biden refuses to appeal the ruling.
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Court Revokes Oil and Gas Leases, Citing Climate Change (Published 2022)
A judge ruled that the Interior Department must consider the climate effects of oil drilling in the Gulf of Mexico before awarding leases.www.nytimes.com

Will all the oil from the Keystone XL pipeline be exported?
2022 coverage: RELATED: Keystone wouldn’t simply offset oil US imports from Russia RELATED: Pence falsely blames Biden’s
