Biden administration moves to protect more of Alaska refuge from drilling
President Joe Biden's administration on Thursday moved to put more of Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge off limits to oil and gas development, in a last-minute bid to complicate President-elect Donald Trump's efforts to boost drilling in the area.
Why Alaska is trying to stop the feds from issuing drilling leases in the Arctic Refuge
The state of Alaska has been the biggest fan of oil and gas drilling in the refuge. It says this lease sale is designed to discourage development.
Arctic refuge oil and gas drilling auction sees no bids
The lease auction for oil and gas drilling in the Coastal Plain of Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) in Alaska has not received any bids from energy companies. The US Interior Department confirmed the absence of bids for the congressionally mandated auction,
Oil companies place no bids in Alaska wildlife refuge drilling auction
Oil companies have been hesitant to pursue resources at Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in part because of high costs of development, and public relations challenges around drilling in a wildlife sanctuary.
Companies decline to drill in Alaska wildlife refuge
Click for the latest from The Hill{beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment   The Big Story Companies decline to drill in Alaska wildlife refugeAlaska on Wednesday
Biden administration, in its last days, proposes new protections for Arctic Alaska land
The proposal is for 3 million more acres in the western North Slope be put into protective status and for subsistence to get more attention.
Environmentalists Consider Arctic Refuge Sale Falling Through a Huge Win
Environmentalists rejoice after the announcement that the lease sale for a section of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge ...
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Curtain closes on another Arctic refuge lease sale after feds receive zero bids
The lack of bids raises questions about the future of drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, after decades of ...
A second oil and gas lease sale for Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge draws no bids
The U.S. Interior Department says that no bids were submitted for this week’s oil and gas lease sale in Alaska’s Arctic ...
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Trump Wants Oil Drilling in Alaska. A Lease Sale There Just Flopped.
No companies bid for the chance to drill in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. It was the second auction in four years that failed to draw strong interest. By Lisa Friedman Reporting from ...
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner12d
Bid opening for oil lease sale in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge delayed by one day
Bids for oil exploration rights in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge’s coastal plain will be opened on Jan. 10, a day later ...
Oil and gas lease sale in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge draws no bids
No bids were received in the second congressionally managed oil and gas lease sale in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, ...