The Biden administration on Wednesday took a step to advance legally mandated drilling in an Alaska wildlife refuge — but plans to do so on the least amount of land possible. The administration said ...

FILE - The Kaktovik Lagoon and the Brooks Range mountains of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge are seen in Kaktovik, Alaska, Oct. 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson, File) (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson) ...

A half-century debate over oil and gas exploration continues in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.

An auction to drill in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge ended with just 10 percent of the available land claimed for oil development. By Lisa Friedman Reporting from Washington See more of our ...

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The U.S. government plans another oil and gas lease sale for Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge — following two prior sales that saw no interest from major oil companies ...

President Donald Trump vowed to reopen Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil drilling as he seeks to make tapping the state’s vast natural resources a key part of his energy agenda. Now ...

After decades of fierce debate over oil drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, oil companies largely appear leery of the idea. The contested swath of federal land, on Alaska’s Beaufort Sea ...

Interior Secretary Doug Burgum and Energy Secretary Chris Wright, along with Environmental Protection Agency chief Lee Zeldin, flew to Utqiagvik in the North Slope tundra on the Arctic Ocean last June ...

Oil companies on Friday once again showed little interest in the latest lease sale for the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska, but the results were enough to disappoint groups that have fought ...

President Donald Trump vowed to reopen Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil drilling as he seeks to make tapping the state’s vast natural resources a key part of his energy agenda. Now ...