The Interior Department has suspended oil and gas leases in ANWR that were issued to Alaska’s state-owned economic development corporation and two smaller companies in the final days of Donald Trump’s presidency.
Tegan Hanlon, Alaska Public Media
A state corporation is still pushing a massive gas line plan in Alaska. Is it a pipe dream?
A state corporation is in the middle of making another push to get a natural gas pipeline built from the North Slope to the Kenai.
Alaska, 12 other states sue Biden administration over suspension of new oil and gas leases
The lawsuit comes about two months after Democratic President Joe Biden hit pause on any new leases for oil and gas development on federal lands and waters including Alaska’s Cook Inlet and National Petroleum Reserve.
The Iditarod starts Sunday, and it will look a lot different this year. Here’s what to know.
There’s required testing and face masks, plus a shorter trail and a smaller group of mushers signed up to compete.
Kaktovik Iñupiat Corp. blames feds for missed ANWR deadline, demands apology
The U.S. Interior Department said there would be no searching for oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge this winter because Kaktovik Iñupiat Corp. failed to meet a key deadline. In a strongly-worded statement Thursday, KIC said the Interior provided a “blatant mischaracterization” of what happened.
Kaktovik Iñupiat Corporation misses deadline for seismic work in Arctic refuge this winter
The missed deadline effectively kills the corporation’s proposal to use seismic exploration to search for oil in part of the Arctic refuge’s coastal plain this winter.