Senate Votes to Repeal Biden-Era Plan to Stop Coal Leasing in Wyoming

[Elderberry]

Legal Insurrection by Leslie Eastman 11/20/2025

Next up is Alaska.

Leslie wrote about the House passing legislation to repeal a Biden-era plan that prevented coal leasing in Buffalo, WY.

The Senate just passed the legislation. It heads to President Donald Trump. Leslie’s writing below has all the details!

    51-43: Senate along party lines passed legislation to repeal a Biden-era Bureau of Land Management plan preventing future coal leasing in Buffalo, Wyoming area. House passed the joint disapproval resolution 214-212 on Tuesday and it now heads to President Trump, who plans to sign… https://t.co/ilmRFX0kav pic.twitter.com/8WmVm6IAbG

Last week, the Trump administration announced that it would be moving to allow oil and gas drilling in Alaska, reversing the eco-activist and racialist policies enacted by Biden’s team that throttled the development of America’s energy resources.

    The move reverses actions taken during the Biden administration to restrict development in half of the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska, 23 million acres of federal land in the North Slope. Despite having “petroleum” in its name, the expanse is some of the last remaining pristine wilderness in the country and contains some of the most important wildlife habitat in the Arctic.

    The administration said in June that it planned to open the reserve to drilling and mining; Thursday’s announcement was the final step. Interior Secretary Doug Burgum said it would “unlock Alaska’s energy potential, create jobs for North Slope communities and strengthen American energy security.”

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[Smokin Joe]

23 million acres of Alaska is less than 10% of the State. Considering most of the population is coastal, I'd wager there is a hell of a lot more pristine wilderness there than the article would indicate.

Consider 57.5 million acres are designated as wilderness in the state, and that is only the designated wilderness. In reality, humans inhabit some 160,000 of the 365 million acres in the State. With or without the official designation, that's a lot more wilderness than the article claims.