Environmentalists rejoiced after the announcement that the lease sale for a section of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge received zero bidders on Monday, January 6. Politicians and oil companies ...

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ANCHORAGE, Alaska— Environmental groups filed a lawsuit in federal court today challenging the Trump administration’s decision to allow oil and gas leasing in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. The ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. (WWLP) – The Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has not received any bids for the December oil and gas lease sale for the Coastal Plain of the Arctic ...

The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge coastal plain is seen on July 8, 2019. Bids for the second oil and gas lease sale held in the area are set to be opened by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management on ...

A vote in the United States Senate in favour of not drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge of Alaska is an important victory for wildlife and aboriginal peoples in both the United States and ...

(Bloomberg) -- Oil companies declined to bid in a US government auction for drilling rights in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, as industry interest wanes in a region that’s rich with crude ...

The lease auction for oil and gas drilling in the Coastal Plain of Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) in Alaska has not received any bids from energy companies. The US Interior Department ...

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The U.S. Interior Department on Wednesday said no bids were submitted for this week’s oil and gas lease sale in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge — a sale the ...

JUNEAU, Alaska — (AP) — The U.S. Interior Department on Wednesday said no bids were submitted for this week's oil and gas lease sale in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge — a sale the ...