During President Trump’s first term, Congress mandated two oil and gas lease sales in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge as part of a budget reconciliation package known as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.

Expanding oil and gas development in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska could threaten these birds by disrupting their habitat and adding noise to the landscape. Many other species also depend on ...

As Kaktovik has seen immense economic and rural growth, leaders in the village see a pathway for oil and gas projects to ...

The Trump administration announced a plan on June 17 to open nearly 82% of the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska to oil and gas development, including some of its most ecologically sensitive areas.

The Interior Department said that it would take steps toward opening up the entire 1.56 million-acre Coastal Plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil and gas drilling. Drilling in the… ...

The newly passed megabill containing much of Trump's legislative priorities delivered multiple industry wins, from ...

Even as the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, to the east, gets more popular attention—Congress in 2017 voted to open the coastal plain there to oil leasing, a hugely controversial move that will ...

It seeks, among other things, to open to oil and gas drilling an area of the pristine Arctic National Wildlife Refuge considered sacred to the Indigenous Gwich'in, undo limits imposed by the Biden ...

With congressional approval and Trump's subsequent signature July 4, the 2025 tax reconciliation bill offers expanded ...

The Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge was nominated for UNESCO World Heritage status in December 2024. With more than 25,000 acres still vulnerable to mining, the work isn’t over — but this victory ...

The final vote was 51-50, with Vice President JD Vance casting the tiebreaker. The bill is expected to increase the national ...

Trump often highlights opening the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) to drilling as a key achievement, citing a 2017 tax law that authorized lease sales for oil and gas by the end of last year.