The Biden admin is expected to lock up millions of acres across the National Petroleum Reserve, an oil-rich block of federal land in Alaska designated by Congress for development.
The administration has blocked a proposed industrial road needed to mine copper in the middle of the state, and has banned oil drilling on 13 million acres in the North Slope.
In a sweeping win for climate and environmental advocates, the Biden administration on Friday finalized a rule to ban fossil fuel drilling on nearly half of the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska, alongside other major conservation actions.
This Interior Department on Friday morning imposed major new limits on resource development in fragile northern Alaska ecosystems. Why it matters: They come as President Biden appeals to green-focused voters in his tough reelection campaign.
The Interior Department released a new regulation Friday that will affect 13 million acres in Alaska, prohibiting drilling for oil on the land. The Management and Protection of the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska rule will affect 40% of Alaska’s reserve,
Citing what they characterized as unacceptable risks to wildlife habitat, water quality and the Native communities that depend on natural resources, the Biden administration on Friday rejected the controversial plan to put a 211-mile industrial road through largely wild areas of the Brooks Range foothills.
The Biden administration on Friday finalized regulations limiting new oil and gas leasing and offering new protections in the National Petroleum Reserve
The United States on Friday blocked oil, gas and mining operations across tracts of unspoiled wilderness in Alaska, winning praise from environmentalists for safeguarding habitat for polar bears, caribou and other Arctic species.
The Biden administration released its final plan Friday to prevent or limit oil and gas development across more than half of Alaska's National Petroleum Reserve, which it said will protect caribou, polar bears and other Arctic wildlife while preserving the way of life of indigenous communities.
The Biden administration is restricting drilling on millions of acres of government-owned lands in Alaska — and taking the penultimate step toward blocking a mining access road in the same state. The administration announced on Friday that it would block off oil and gas drilling on 13 million acres in the Western Arctic that are
The Biden administration on Friday finalized a plan to prevent oil development across more than half of the US government’s mammoth petroleum reserve in Alaska and set the stage to block road construction essential to opening a copper mine in the state.
The US Department of the Interior announced a new rule on Friday that limits future oil and gas activities in Alaska's National Petroleum Reserve, which spans 23 million acres. The rule amends
The two sparred at a hearing Thursday on offshore energy. Francis Chung/POLITICO “You have no idea what you’re talking about,” Rep. Garret Graves (R-La.) told one witness. House Republicans on Thursday said estimated Gulf of Mexico oil reserves are just the “tip of the iceberg” of what the U.