Trump Spikes Biden-Era Documents Seen Limiting Alaskan Oil

July 28, 2025, 6:42 PM UTC

The Trump administration on Monday took additional steps to roll back Biden-era initiatives that threatened to curb oil and gas development in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska.

  • The Interior Department said in a news release it had rescinded three documents published since July 2024 that helped pave the way for more so-called special areas within the reserve and more restrictions on development within them
    • One rescinded policy memorandum, issued in January, specified how Interior would protect proposed special areas
    • Another rescinded report summarized how best to maximally protect surface resources in the NPR-A
  • NOTE: Monday’s actions are part of a broader ...





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