Bering Sea Elder Group Comes out in Opposition to OCS Leasing Plan

Bering Sea Elder Group Comes out in Opposition to OCS Leasing Plan

The Bering Sea Elders Group came out in opposition of Trump’s decision to open wide swaths of Alaska’s Outer Continental Shelf to leasing on Friday. The group pointed out that the Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) had promised the group that it would meaningfully consult them on any proposed drilling in the […]

Trump Signs Executive Order Concerning Chukchi, Beaufort Seas Oil Drilling, Says, ‘We’re Opening it Up’

Trump Signs Executive Order Concerning Chukchi, Beaufort Seas Oil Drilling, Says, ‘We’re Opening it Up’

With a stroke of his pen, President Trump began the process to re-open millions of acres of federal waters to make those areas once again eligible for off-shore drilling for natural gas and oil. In a Roosevelt Room signing on Friday, Trump sought to undo a decision by former President Obama, made in late December, […]