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US plans oil, gas lease sale in Alaska's Arctic refuge

by Becky Bohrer
| December 3, 2020 12:09 PM

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The U.S. Bureau of Land Management plans to hold an oil and gas lease sale for Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge next month, weeks before President-elect Joe Biden, who has opposed drilling in the region, is set to take office.

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