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The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge sits between Prudhoe Bay’s oil fields and the Canadian border. Its coastal plain has long been eyed for oil potential, but the 1980 law that created the refuge states that no exploratory drilling or development can take place without congressional action.
Fall colors are seen on Aug. 24, 2015, along the Canning River on the western edge of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. (Photo by Katrina Liebich/U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service) It is the ...
Drilling in the refuge is strongly opposed by environmental groups and residents of Arctic Village, who live south of the refuge but hunt caribou that inhabit the area.
U.S. Arctic National. Wildlife Refuge. The sun beat down on Kaktovik residents as they gathered in a circle for their whaling feast, Nalukataq, one day in late June. They had hunted three bowhead ...
In 1986, Chevron and British Petroleum built the first and only oil well in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. A 700 m x 350 m pad supported a well called KIC-1 to which all infrastructure was ...
The Biden administration announced Wednesday it will cancel seven Trump-era oil and gas leases in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and protect more than 13 million acres in the federal...
The Biden administration is canceling the only seven oil and gas leases in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration on Tuesday suspended oil and gas leases in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, reversing a drilling program approved by the Trump administration and reviving a political fight over a remote region that is home to polar bears and other wildlife — and a rich reserve of oil.
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration on Tuesday suspended oil drilling leases in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, unspooling a signature achievement of the Trump presidency and...
The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge was opened to drilling under President Donald J. Trump, a move that outraged environmentalists and overturned six decades of protections for the area, the...