The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is an expanse of roughly 19 million acres along the North Slope of Alaska. It’s one of the last truly wild places in the United States. It also includes land ...

No oil or gas company sought to drill in a contentious wildlife refuge in Alaska, the Interior Department announced Wednesday. As required by a 2017 law, the Biden administration offered the ...

President-elect Donald Trump has made clear that he intends to open up the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska to oil drilling as part of his “energy dominance” agenda. This is a very bad idea ...

Alaska on Wednesday sued the Biden administration over restrictions the federal government imposed in December on oil and gas leases in the Arctic. No oil or gas company sought to drill in a ...

The debate over oil development in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge has divided Alaska Natives. North Slope Iñupiat organizations argue that refuge development offers important economic ...

The US Interior Department said on Wednesday a congressionally mandated oil and gas drilling lease auction in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge received no bids from energy companies.

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Alaska Wildlife Refuge Drilling Auction Yields No Bids, US Says By Richard Valdmanis and Timothy Gardner (Reuters) -The U.S. Interior Department said on Wednesday a congressionally mandated oil ...

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 ...

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The U.S. Interior Department on Wednesday said no bids were submitted for this week's oil and gas lease sale in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge — a sale the ...

A Second Oil and Gas Lease Sale for Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge Draws No Bids JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The U.S. Interior Department on Wednesday said no bids were submitted for this ...