Hours after Trump win, Biden moves to limit oil drilling in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
The auction is slated for the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge’s coastal plain, which provides critical habitat for polar bears and other wildlife.
Biden-Harris Hobbles Oil Drilling in a Forthcoming Lease Sale in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge Required under Federal Law
Despite Donald Trump’s victory in the 2016 election and his campaign slogan “drill, baby, drill,” the Biden-Harris administration quickly
Biden administration sets stage for minimal 2nd lease sale in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
The goal is limiting the footprint where seismic exploration could take place and avoiding polar bear dens and caribou calving areas, the Interior Department said
Biden administration seeks to minimize drilling in Arctic wildlife refuge
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 it completed the final environmental analysis for oil and gas drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge — the penultimate
Biden administration plans new limits on oil leasing in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
Oil companies could buy oil leases in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, but with new restrictions, under a plan released Wednesday. At least 400,000 acres in the refuge’s coastal plain would be available for oil and gas leasing,
Hours after Trump’s election, Biden moved to limit oil drilling in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
Hours after former President Donald Trump was declared the winner of the 2024 election, the Biden administration moved Wednesday to limit oil drilling in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Oil drilling had been banned for decades in the Arctic refuge — a pristine natural region in northeast Alaska home to a wide range of threatened species.
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Why planting trees in the Arctic is not a good climate solution
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A new volcano-like structure has been found in the Arctic Ocean near Alaska
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This Arctic boomtown is led by women studying climate change
A small Arctic research station in Norway has emerged as a scientific hub, and it’s home to an increasingly female-led ...
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Planting trees in the Arctic could make global warming worse, not better, say scientists
Tree planting has been widely touted as a cost-effective way of reducing global warming, due to trees' ability to store large quantities of carbon from the atmosphere. But, an international group of ...
Cost, lack of hotel space mean N.W.T. isn't ready to host the Arctic Winter Games yet
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Biden moves to limit oil drilling in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
The Biden administration moved Wednesday to narrow the scope of an oil-and-gas lease sale in Alaska’s Arctic National ...
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Scientists discover volcano-like structure in Arctic Ocean off Alaska
New data is used to map a volcano-like feature discovered this fall by science teams aboard the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Healy ...
Little-known Arctic city named Europe’s most underrated destination for a white Christmas
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