Preferred alternative would offer minimum acres required, creating smallest footprint of potential surface disturbance and limiting seismic exploration ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Wednesday, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) released the final Coastal Plain Oil and Gas Leasing Program Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS), which analyzed a lease sale mandated […]
Washington, DC – U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan (both R-AK) Saturday slammed the Biden administration for releasing a five-year plan for offshore energy development with a “maximum of three potential lease sales.” The Department of the Interior’s (DOI) Proposed Final Program, which arrives over a year late, has zero lease sales until at least 2025 […]
Drill Pads Reduced by 40%; ConocoPhillips to Relinquish Rights to 68,000 Acres of Existing Leases WASHINGTON – Monday, the Interior Department issued a Record of Decision regarding the proposed Willow Master Development Plan in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska (NPR-A). The Department is substantially reducing the size of the project by denying two of the […]
“Today’s<Monday> outcome reinforces that fossil fuel development in Cook Inlet is no longer a sound investment,” said one campaigner. “Alaskans know our climate crisis is no joke and are ready to move beyond the fossil fuel era.” Environmentalists in Alaska and beyond pointed to the oil and gas industry’s lack of interest in a Friday […]
