BLM says it decided to cut the land from the sale based on comments it got during a 30-day period that ended last Thursday, which included concerns about caribou, polar bear and bird habitat.
Tegan Hanlon, Alaska Public Media
Nearly 8,000 gallons of ‘slop oil’ spilled at onshore Hilcorp facility near Cook Inlet
The state says nearly 8,000 gallons of “slop oil” leaked out of an underground line at Hilcorp’s onshore Trading Bay production facility.
Gwich’in, conservation groups ask court to block ANWR oil leasing
The Gwich’in Steering Committee and 12 other groups filed a motion in U.S. District Court requesting the preliminary injunction. Separately, about a half-dozen conservation groups represented by Earthjustice filed a similar motion asking the court to freeze oil leasing and seismic activity in the coastal plain.
Dunleavy wants Alaska to cut ties with banks that won’t fund Arctic oil projects
Gov. Mike Dunleavy wants the state government to sever its ties with financial institutions that won’t finance oil and gas development in the Arctic.
Trump administration to auction oil drilling rights in all federal lands of ANWR coastal plain
According to the statement of sale posted online Monday, the minimum bid will be $25 per acre. Companies can submit their sealed bids to Bureau of Land Management between Dec. 21 and Dec. 31. Those bids will be unsealed at the 10 a.m. auction on Jan. 6, which will be broadcast online.
In last-minute push, Trump administration announces ANWR lease sale for Jan. 6
In a last-minute push, the Trump administration announced Thursday that it will auction off drilling rights in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in just over a month, setting up a final showdown with opponents before President-elect Joe Biden takes office.
This Anchorage ER nurse is out sick with COVID-19. And she’s not the only one.
“With more nurses and doctors, and everyone down to our housekeepers, out sick, that just puts additional strain on the system,” she said. “And not just in my hospital, but kind of all over the state.”
The Trump administration is moving to sell leases in ANWR, but will anyone show up for a sale?
The Trump administration is close to auctioning off drilling rights for the land in northeast Alaska — potentially just days before President-elect Joe Biden takes office in January. But to what degree will the industry participate?
Trump administration rushes to sell oil rights in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
Conservation groups say the Trump administration is rushing the process to open ANWR before President-elect Joe Biden takes office.
Across Alaska, as the pandemic sends more staff home, hospitals prepare for the worst
More and more workers are out sick or quarantining. At the same time, more patients with coronavirus are filling hospital beds.