Trump Opens Arctic Refuge to Polluters

By Anne Hawk | NRDC on Aug 17, 2020   Featured, North Slope/Northwest Alaska, State  

  WASHINGTON (Aug. 17, 2020) – Interior Secretary David Bernhardt today is expected to formally open the Arctic Refuge to oil and gas leasing.  The agency’s Record of Decision will pave the way for fossil fuel leasing to begin in the 1.5 million-acre Coastal Plain in a matter of months.  The following is a statement from […]