The Trump administration is opening the entire coastal plain of Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil and gas leasing, reversing a Biden administration decision that put the pristine wilderness area off limits.
Interior Secretary Doug Burgum said Thursday the agency was openingthe 1.56 million acre of tundra on the state’s North Slope and holding a lease sale this winter in the nearby National Petroleum Reserve. It’s the latest move President Donald Trump’s administration to boost domestic fossil fuel production.
“This land should and will be supporting responsible oil and gas leasing,” Burgum said during an event at the ...
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