Biden suspends Trump era Alaskan drilling leases

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A polar bear keeps close to her young along the Beaufort Sea coast in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. File photo: Reuters

US President Joe Biden's administration says it will suspend oil and gas leases that were handed out in an Alaska wildlife refuge during the final days of the Trump administration, pending an environmental review.

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