Sites include a chemical weapons dump in Adak as well as old tank farms all over Alaska and abandoned buildings that contain lead and asbestos.
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Biden administration lets stand a judgment thwarting Willow, a ConocoPhillips drilling project in Arctic
Conservation groups are cheering the Biden administration’s decision not to appeal a judgment that reversed approval for ConocoPhillips’ plan to develop drilling sites in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska.
Interior Department delays plan to open 28 million acres of land in Alaska to mineral development
The delay will affect BLM land in five different areas of Alaska, but the most notable halt is on 9.7 million acres in the Kobuk-Seward Peninsula resource management area.
Drilling boosters, opponents consider next steps after first Arctic refuge lease sale
The state won 10-year oil leases for nine pieces of land by submitting the minimum offer: $25 an acre. But drilling for oil in the refuge is expensive, and it faces an aggressive opposition campaign.
Despite vandals, Black Lives Matter dumpster will stay at Bethel city hall
Community artist Madelene Reichard said “we will repaint it 1,000 times if we have to” after someone vandalized the dumpster.
‘We will give you one heck of a fight’: Lawsuits filed against drilling plan for Alaska’s Arctic Refuge
Two lawsuits filed Monday argue that the BLM’s environmental review process failed to follow numerous laws meant to protect wildlife, land, water and people.