A federal judge on Wednesday reversed the U.S. government’s approval of ConocoPhillips’ (COP.N) planned $6 billion Willow oil development in Alaska, citing problems with its environmental analysis, according to court Continue Reading
A federal judge on Wednesday threw out the permits for a controversial oil project planned for Alaska’s North Slope, faulting the way the federal government had assessed its environmental impact, including how Continue Reading
An area of thawing permafrost is threatening a stretch of a major Alaskan pipeline as the structure experiences damages from the changing weather. An 810-foot section of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline Continue Reading
Melting permafrost across Arctic regions has already caused highways to buckle and homes to sink. A new study conducted in the north of Alaska helps explain why rising temperatures are Continue Reading
Last August, scientists aboard an icebreaker that had been drifting with the ice across the Arctic Ocean in a yearlong research expedition decided to take a detour to the North Continue Reading
The Biden administration said Friday that it would “repeal or replace” a rule allowing roads and other types of development in more than half of Alaska’s Tongass National Forest, reviving 20-year-old Continue Reading
Russian oil producer Gazpromneft (SIBN.MM) has agreed with gas producer Novatek (NVTK.MM) to set up an Arctic offshore joint venture and will together develop the North-Vrangelevskiy area, the companies said Continue Reading
The Biden administration on Tuesday suspended oil leases in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska, blocking plans for the first-ever drilling program in the pristine 19-million-acre wilderness. The Interior Continue Reading
U.S. President Joe Biden’s administration defended on Wednesday a proposed ConocoPhillips (COP.N) oil development in Alaska, backing the drilling project which was approved under the administration of former President Donald Continue Reading
Alaska officials say effects are unclear Trump move had been criticized by activists Northern part of reserve at issue Anchorage — Interior Secretary Deb Haaland has issued an order rescinding Continue Reading
