Highlights Election uncertainties could cause delays BLM might be weighing how to integrate new lands Nanushuk formation extends to possible acreage Anchorage — Two Alaska North Slope lease sales normally Continue Reading
A top official at the Interior Department has delayed the release of a study that shows how oil and gas drilling in Alaska could encroach upon the territory of polar Continue Reading
This summer’s Arctic sea-ice shrank to its second lowest ever extent in the era of satellite observation. The floes withdrew to just under 3.74 million sq km (1.44 million sq Continue Reading
Shell Offshore Inc. has submitted plans to plans to drill for oil in the waters along the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska in the coming years. The Dutch oil industry giant applied Continue Reading
The group of 15 Democrat-led states alleges the plan fails to account for danger to wildlife and climate-change impacts. (Bloomberg) — A group of 15 Democrat-led states sued to block Continue Reading
The Arctic has experienced the worst fire season on record for the second year in a row, with giant wildfires sending over one third more carbon dioxide into the atmosphere Continue Reading
Environmentalists and Alaska natives are challenging the Trump administration’s decision to sell drilling rights in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, arguing the government gave short shrift to the impact on polar Continue Reading
Living on a heating planet always comes with some ironies. For one thing, the people who are most to blame for global warming (the rich and powerful) are also shielded Continue Reading
The Trump administration on Monday finalized a plan to allow oil and gas drilling in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, putting it on track to issue decades-long leases in the Continue Reading
The Trump Administration is set to open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska to oil drilling for the first time by approving a drilling program on Monday, U.S. Secretary Continue Reading
