Native Village, Conservation Groups Challenge Winter Oil, Gas Drilling in Western Arctic

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Native Village, Conservation Groups Challenge Winter Oil, Gas Drilling in Western Arctic

Lawsuit Targets Cursory Federal Assessment of ConocoPhillips’ Plan for Drilling in Alaska Petroleum Reserve ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The Native Village of Nuiqsut tribal government and five conservation groups have challenged the Bureau of Land Management’s approval of ConocoPhillips’ winter exploratory drilling program in the National Petroleum Reserve Alaska, America’s single largest area of public lands.  […]

Massive Oil Project Proposed in Fragile Arctic Reserve

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Massive Oil Project Proposed in Fragile Arctic Reserve

ANCHORAGE, Alaska— The Trump administration Tuesday took a major step toward opening Alaska’s National Petroleum Reserve — the largest roadless area in the United States — to new, industrial-scale oil development. The project threatens polar bears, caribou and migratory birds that live and travel through the ecologically rich reserve.  The Bureau of Land Management announced it would prepare […]