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Wrote the rule, then reversed it; now running leasing under the new baseline
BLM's rollback of the 2024 NPR-A protections isn't new news—but today is when it becomes real. As of December 17, 2025, the rescission is officially in effect, wiping out the Biden-era rule that tried to hardwire stronger guardrails into how the Western Arctic gets developed.
Updated Yesterday
Permitting Authority
For seventeen years, the idea of connecting New Mexico's powerful winds to California's power-hungry cities remained stuck in regulatory limbo. On September 1, 2023, construction finally began on SunZia, a $11 billion project that will become the largest clean energy infrastructure build in American history—a 550-mile high-voltage transmission line paired with the Western Hemisphere's biggest wind farm.
Updated Feb 10
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