President Biden Halts Pipeline And Arctic Drilling, Calls For Monument Examination

Mealey's (January 21, 2021, 2:12 PM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — Among a series of executive orders President Joseph Biden signed on his first day in office on Jan. 20 was an order canceling the permit for the Keystone XL pipeline, saying that it “disserves the U.S. national interest.” In the same order, he also ordered a moratorium on all activities related to the implementation of hydraulic fracturing in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR)....