Biden Admin Cited ‘Indigenous Knowledge’ as Reason To Block Oil and Gas Leases
Watchdog files scientific integrity complaint after admin prioritizes ‘subjective beliefs’ over ‘evidence’ Interior Secretary Deb Haaland (Getty Images) When the Biden administration stepped in last year to block seven oil and gas leases in Alaska, it said it was doing so in part to recognize the “Indigenous Knowledge” of the Native Americans who originally inhabited the land. The