Oil companies lock in drilling, challenging Biden on climate
- Leah Millis/The Casper Star-Tribune via AP File
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Trinidad Drilling rigs stand near Highway 59 outside Douglas. In the closing months of the Trump administration, energy companies stockpiled enough drilling permits for western public lands to keep pumping oil for years. That stands to undercut President-elect Joe Biden’s plans to block new drilling on public lands to address climate change.
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