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The wildlife refuge in north-eastern Alaska sits above billions of barrels of oil. However, it is also home to many animals, including reindeer, polar bears and different species of bird.
Congress passed tax legislation in December directing Interior to conduct two lease sales by December 2024, each covering 400,000 acres, in the refuge’s coastal plain.
Whether the lack of national monument status will open up the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil exploration is still a subject of debate, however. As the Associated Press reported: ...
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 state has challenged as too ...
Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) is one of the Earth’s last intact ...
There are many reasons why gas prices could shoot up in the near future, but the Biden administration’s ban on oil drilling on millions of acres in Alaska in unlikely to be one of them.
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: Located in far northeastern Alaska, this refuge is one of the more remote refuges, home to moose and other wild animals. Ian Shive Photography/Earth Aware Editions.
The wildlife refuge in north-eastern Alaska sits above billions of barrels of oil. However, it is also home to many animals, including reindeer, polar bears and different species of bird.