Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge remains one of America’s most pristine places. This fall’s election could decide whether the U.S. drills for oil there.

Arctic Refuge Is One of Earth’s Last Truly Wild Places. Trump Calls it America’s “Biggest Oil Farm.” Some Native leaders and activists foresee a “David and Goliath” battle on the horizon.

The Biden administration’s decision this week to review new Trump-era oil leases in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) is a positive step, experts and environmentalists say.

The Trump agenda megabill passed this week by the Senate and currently under debate in the House contains a slew of ...

More than three decades of this pattern culminated with the first-ever lease sale of the Arctic Refuge, held on Jan. 6, 2021, at the same time that insurrectionists stormed the Capitol.

The Arctic Refuge lease sale in 2021 drew just three bidders, with the Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority accounting for 84 percent of leased acreage, all sold at the minimum price.

The lack of bids raises questions about the future of drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, after decades of debate. Some criticized the sale’s restrictions, saying they discouraged ...

The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge's 1.5-million-acre coastal plain, which lies along the Beaufort Sea on Alaska's northeastern edge, is seen as sacred by the Indigenous Gwich'in because it is ...

Previous Sales for the Arctic. In 2021, the federal government held the first oil and gas lease sale for the Arctic National ...

The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is an expanse of roughly 19 million acres along the North Slope of Alaska. It’s one of the last truly wild places in the United States.

Effective June 25, Alaska's Division of Oil and Gas conditionally approved formation of the Greater Point Thomson unit (GPTU) on and offshore the eastern North Slope adjacent to the Hilcorp-operated ...

The snow-covered coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is seen, Monday, Oct. 14, 2024, near Kaktovik, Alaska. (Lindsey Wasson/Associated Press) ...