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US holds first oil lease sale for Alaska s Arctic refuge
The U.S. government has held its first-ever oil and gas lease sale for Alaskaâs Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, an event critics labeled as a bust with major oil companies staying on the sidelines and a state corporation the main bidder
By BECKY BOHRER Associated Press
January 6, 2021, 10:37 PM
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JUNEAU, Alaska The U.S. government held its first-ever oil and gas lease sale Wednesday for Alaska s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, an event critics labeled as a bust with major oil companies staying on the sidelines and a state corporation emerging as the main bidder.
Groups Rush to Court to Stop ConocoPhillips’ Willow Project Winter Road Construction and Gravel Mining
ANCHORAGE (AK) Sovereign Iñupiat for a Living Arctic and five allied groups filed a motion in U.S. District Court last week requesting a preliminary injunction and temporary restraining order to stop ConocoPhillips from starting winter road construction and gravel mining for its Willow project.
“We have experienced rising health issues, and the dismantling of traditional practices and food sources because of oil extraction and industrialization on the Arctic Slope,” said Siqiñiq Maupin, executive director of Sovereign Iñupiat for a Living Arctic. “We have experienced the silencing and paternalism of public agencies that are supposed to listen to us fully, to understand and take into consideration our concerns, and to protect the health and well-being of all of us, not just the profit interests of corporations. We need the exploitation of the Arctic to stop, and the pr
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