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Biden administration announces last-minute Alaska oil and gas lease auction

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The Department of the Interior will hold an oil and gas auction for 400,000 acres in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge on Jan. 9 .

The move could make it challenging for the incoming Trump administration to auction additional land in the region.

One of Trump ’s campaign promises was to boost domestic oil production on public land by removing regulations.