Biden, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

Hours after Trump’s election, Biden moved to limit oil drilling in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
Hours after former President Donald Trump was declared the winner of the 2024 election, the Biden administration moved Wednesday to limit oil drilling in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Oil drilling had been banned for decades in the Arctic refuge — a pristine natural region in northeast Alaska home to a wide range of threatened species.
Biden administration sets stage for minimal 2nd lease sale in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
The goal is limiting the footprint where seismic exploration could take place and avoiding polar bear dens and caribou calving areas, the Interior Department said
Biden administration plans new limits on oil leasing in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
Oil companies could buy oil leases in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, but with new restrictions, under a plan released Wednesday. At least 400,000 acres in the refuge’s coastal plain would be available for oil and gas leasing,
Biden-Harris Hobbles Oil Drilling in a Forthcoming Lease Sale in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge Required under Federal Law
Despite Donald Trump’s victory in the 2016 election and his campaign slogan “drill, baby, drill,” the Biden-Harris administration quickly
Hours after Trump win, Biden moves to limit oil drilling in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
The auction is slated for the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge’s coastal plain, which provides critical habitat for polar bears and other wildlife.
Biden moves to limit oil drilling in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
The Biden administration moved Wednesday to narrow the scope of an oil-and-gas lease sale in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge that was mandated under President Trump. The plan underscores how the Biden administration is racing to cement its ...
Biden administration seeks to minimize drilling in Arctic wildlife refuge
The Biden administration on Wednesday took a step to advance legally mandated drilling in an Alaska wildlife refuge — but plans to do so on the least amount of land possible. The administration said it completed the final environmental analysis for oil and gas drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge — the penultimate
Biden administration sets stage for minimal second lease sale in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
The Biden administration on Wednesday issued a final environmental review for a second lease sale in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
Biden expected to soon issue anticipated study on proposed Alaska road’s environmental impacts
The Biden administration is soon expected to take the next steps over a contentious lands issue in Alaska. A source told The ...
Remains of Overdue Hunter Found in Alaska as Authorities Say He Was Likely Mauled to Death by Bear
The following day, responders including Alaska Wildlife Troopers and the Coast Guard conducted land-based searches in a ...
Deer hunter mauled to death by bear in Alaska, troopers say
Tad Fujioka was found dead and an "investigation revealed he was the likely victim of a fatal bear mauling," officials said.
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THE GREAT OUTDOORS: Eagles at Iroquois National Wildlife Refuge
In 1976 there was only one eagle nest in New York state and it wasn’t producing — a common occurrence along the Atlantic ...
US sets stage for second oil and gas auction in Alaska refuge
The Biden administration took a key step towards holding a required sale of oil and gas leases in an Alaska wildlife refuge with the publication of a final environmental review, the Interior ...
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Final environmental analysis of Coastal Plain leasing program released for sale mandated by Congress in 2017 Tax Act
Preferred alternative would offer minimum acres required, creating smallest footprint of potential surface disturbance and limiting seismic exploration ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Wednesday, the Bureau of ...