Tag: drilling

The U.S. Department of the Interior is suspending any leases to drill for oil or natural gas in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge that were sold in January 2021, days...

The U.S. Department of the Interior will not pursue the previous administration’s plan to ease restrictions on exploratory drilling in the Arctic. In 2020, during the previous administration, the Bureau...

The Bureau of Land Management is calling for the oil and gas industry to nominate tracts of land along the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge that could...

Fifteen U.S. states joined together challenge the Trump administration’s decision to open the coastal plain of Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil and gas development. Washington, Massachusetts, California, Connecticut,...

The Bureau of Land Management released the final environmental impact statement (EIS) for oil and gas leasing on the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge coastal plain. Under the selected plan, the...

A bill requiring mandatory funding for the Land and Water Conservation Fund was among one of eight pieces of legislation approved by the House Natural Resources Committee last week during...

Last week, the House Natural Resources Committee advanced legislation that would prohibit oil and gas exploration and development along the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. The Arctic...

The House Natural Resources Energy and Mineral Resources subcommittee held a hearing last week on The Need to Protect the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge Coastal Plain, including the  Arctic Cultural...

In late December, the U.S. Department of the Interior released a draft environmental impact statement, analyzing the administration’s plan to open parts of the 19 million acre Arctic National Wildlife...

Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke appeared before the the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources and the the House Natural Resources Committee last week to testify on the department’s proposed...