Sen. Murkowski: Alaska Must Have a Say in Federal Offshore Leasing Program
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, criticized the Obama administration’s lack of consultation with Alaska in developing its draft 2017-2022 outer continental shelf (OCS) oil and natural gas leasing program (DPP) for Alaska in comments to the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM). “The fact that the president’s moratorium withdrawing some 9.8 million acres of waters […]