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Farmington Daily Times
March 27, 2018
Despite congressional approval, oil and gas drilling in Alaska's ANWR is still years away ... as Australia started calling geologist David Houseknecht late last year when it became clear that Congress was going to end a three-decade-old ban on oil and gas drilling in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
youralaskalink
March 16, 2018
Anchorage, AK – As the economic potential of the opening of ANWR on Alaska remains to be seen, Your Alaska Link sat down with Anchorage ... In our interview above, Anchorage Economic Development Corporation President & CEO Bill Popp confers ANWR strides made and challenges ahead,Ãâà...
Petroleum News
March 16, 2018
The U.S. Department of the Interior will soon move forward on the steps to schedule an oil and gas lease sale in the 1002 area of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, David Bernhardt, deputy secretary of the department, told a joint meeting of Commonwealth North and the Alaska Support Industry AllianceÃâà...
CBC.ca
March 13, 2018
Yukon's Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation is speaking out about American government plans for Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR). ANWR is home to the calving grounds of the Porcupine caribou herd, a traditional food source for the Gwich'in. A U.S. tax reform bill that passed in DecemberÃâà...
Platts
March 13, 2018
The US Department of the Interior has begun preparations for oil and gas leasing in the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and will use a new, ... Balash said the ANWR Environmental Impact Statement will fall under a new Interior Department policy of completing an EIS within one year andÃâà...
E&E News
March 12, 2018
ALASKA. Road map for ANWR drilling gets clearer. Margaret Kriz Hobson, E&E News reporter. Published: Monday, March 12, 2018. ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The Trump administration is taking the first steps in the long journey to opening oil drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge coastal plain.
Alaska Public Radio Network
March 7, 2018
That new job is managing the oil and gas leasing program in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, which is within the North Slope Borough boundaries. “We want to hear your voice, we want to understand your issues, we have an opportunity to try to accommodate those issues that are of concern to youÃâà...
The Hill
March 5, 2018
Trump administration officials may be able to hold the first auction for oil and natural gas drilling rights in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) next year, Sen. ... Sullivan said Interior officials are currently in Alaska laying the groundwork for eventual drilling in the Coastal Plain area of ANWR.
Alaska Dispatch News
March 4, 2018
Alaska delegation says drilling in ANWR is at least a decade away ... that would allow drilling in part of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR), but it will likely be yet another decade before there's any actual drilling. ... For now, questions remain about how to make drilling in ANWR work, Young said.
Anchorage Press
March 1, 2018
Congressional approval of oil and gas exploration in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge has been a huge morale-booster for Alaskans. Whether there is oil is still unknown, but at least we can find out. After decades of effort, and two near-misses at approval, the state's congressional delegation managed toÃâà...
Alaska Public Radio Network
February 21, 2018
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski and U.S. Rep. Don Young pose for a photos after speaking about the future of oil development in ANWR at an Anchorage event. (Photo by Elizabeth Harball/Alaska's Energy Desk). Now that Congress has approved drilling in part of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR),Ãâà...
KTVA
February 19, 2018
Protesters crash ANWR dinner in Midtown. Monday, February 19th 2018, 5:56 pm PST by KTVA Web Staff. Updated: Monday, February 19th 2018, 9:56 pm PST. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R) is back in Alaska talking about the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Murkowski joined Congressman Don Young (R) Monday night for aÃâà...
Alaska Dispatch News
December 31, 1999
Economic reality sets the stage for tension over ANWR drilling ... The recent congressional authorization to open the 1.5-million-acre coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil and gas exploratory drilling manifests once again the complex relationship Alaskans have with their environment.
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
December 31, 1999
FAIRBANKS — A group of more than 50 protesters gathered in front of the Noel Wien Public Library Tuesday afternoon to speak out against the continued movement to develop the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge for oil. The rally was planned in less than 24 hours after members of theÃâà...
EcoWatch
December 31, 1999
The Trump administration is initiating the regulatory process of opening the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) to oil and natural gas leasing. Top Interior Department officials recently visited the Kaktovik and Utgiagvik communities in northern Alaska to let them know that the agency will publish in theÃâà...
