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.
Biden Administration Moves to Limit Oil Drilling in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
The Biden administration moves to limit oil drilling in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge hours after Trump's 2024 election win.
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.
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.
Biden Admin Makes Last-Ditch Effort To Shield Oil-Rich Part Of Alaska From Trump’s Energy Agenda
The Biden administration announced new environmental protections covering more than a million acres in Alaska in a last-minute effort to
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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No bids on oil and gas lease for the Arctic Refuge
According to the Department of the Interior’s website, the sale is required by the 2017 Tax Act. The deadline to submit bids ...
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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, ...