US set to hold latest oil and gas lease sale for Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
Conservation groups warn the sale could deepen legal and reputational risks as the U.S. Geological Survey estimates 4.25 billion to 11.8 billion barrels there.
- On Friday, the Trump administration held a lease sale for the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, implementing a congressional mandate from a tax and spending bill passed last year.
- Supporters view the coastal plain, roughly the size of Delaware, as an untapped resource, with the Geological Survey estimating it could contain 4.25 billion to 11.8 billion barrels of recoverable oil.
- The Gwich'in consider the land sacred because the caribou herd they rely upon calves there, and conservation groups including The Wilderness Society, Sierra Club, and Earthjustice urged leaders of 11 petroleum companies to not participate in the sale.
- Nagruk Harcharek, president and CEO of Voice of the Arctic Iñupiat, said residents in Kaktovik, the only community within the refuge, support development as "a big part of whatever project moves forward in making sure that all of those resources are protected."
- Recent auctions show mixed industry appetite; the Cook Inlet sale drew no bids in March while the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska drew hundreds of bids despite pending litigation challenging the leasing program dating to Trump's first term.
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'Hands Off the Arctic,' Say Wilderness Defenders as Trump Holds Alaska Oil and Gas Lease Sale
“Some places are too important to sacrifice,” said one Indigenous leader as the Trump administration invited fossil fuel companies to drill in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
Trump Auction Opens Arctic Refuge Drilling Rights for First Time Ever
The Trump Administration is holding its latest lease sale in Alaska on Friday in a test for investors and environmentalists as the auction comprises tracts in the Coastal Plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is holding the oil and gas lease sale today, after last year the Trump Administration removed legislative protections from the Biden presidency that restricted oil and gas exploration in Alaska, i…
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US set to hold latest oil and gas lease sale for Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The Trump administration's push to expand oil and gas development in Alaska faces a new test Friday, with the latest lease sale set for the Arctic
Trump's Arctic Refuge lease sale tests industry interest in Alaska drilling
The Trump administration is opening sealed bids for nearly 690,000 acres in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, setting up a key test of industry interest in one of North America's most prospective—and politically contentious—oil and gas regions.
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