Biden orders 20-year ban on oil, gas drilling to protect tribal sites outside New Mexico’s Chaco

Hundreds of square miles in New Mexico will be withdrawn from further oil and gas production for the next 20 years on the outskirts of Chaco Culture National Historical Park that tribal communities consider sacred, the Biden administration ordered Friday. The new order from Secretary of the…

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