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“The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge faces its biggest threat yet.” Thats the warning issued by the National Audubon Society on Tuesday — a day before the Trump administration is set to sell oil and gas leasing rights in the refuges coastal plain, a biodiversity hotspot of critical importance to the Gwichin people and dubbed Americas Serengeti. Bids were submitted by the end of 2020. Its not clear, however, which oil or gas companies, if any, sought leases. The Bureau of La...

Trump administration readies oil bidding in Alaska wildlife refuge

Paltry interest in Trump administration auction of drilling rights in Alaska refuge Print this article The Trump administration’s long-awaited lease sale auctioning off drilling rights for oil and gas in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge was such a dud that the state of Alaska stepped in as a bidder of last resort. An economic development corporation owned by Alaska offered the high bid on all but two of the 11 leases, which generated a paltry total of $14 million. The state agency, the Al...

By Nichola Groom and Yereth Rosen Jan 6 (Reuters) - The Trump administration on Wednesday found few takers at its sale of drilling leases in a pristine Arctic wildlife refuge, with an Alaska state agency emerging as the sole bidder for most of the acreage. The sales weak results were sure to be a disappointment to Alaskas decades-long effort to open up drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) to attract jobs and boost the states waning oil production. Delivering the sale just two ...

Bid review begins in rare auction of Alaskan Arctic drilling rights By Jennifer A. Dlouhy on 1/6/2021 WASHINGTON (Bloomberg) --The Trump administration is auctioning off Arctic drilling rights just two weeks before a new president is inaugurated, giving oil companies a once-in-decades shot at potentially crude-rich territory in northeast Alaska that environmentalists say imperils a fragile wilderness. The Bureau of Land Management was set to begin opening sealed ...

Posted: Jan 06, 2021 11:39 AM CT | Last Updated: January 6 Bernadette Demientieff, executive director of the Gwichin Steering Committee in Alaska, says the fight to stop new exploration in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) is far from over.(Chad Brown) The chair of the Gwichin Steering Committee says a recent court loss is a disappointment but by no means the end of a long battle. The first bids for resource exploration rights within Alaskas Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) will ...

For Immediate Release, January 6, 2021 Contact: Arctic Refuge Oil Lease Sale Compromises Vital Alaska Wilderness Outgoing Administration Takes Next Step in Rushed Process to Open One of Nation’s Most Iconic, Sacred Landscapes to Oil Drilling WASHINGTON— The Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority emerged as the apparent high bidder in the Trump administrations illegal oil and gas lease sale as part of its Coastal Plain Oil and Gas Leasing Program for the ...

ABC News Turn on desktop notifications for breaking stories about interest? OffOn US holds first oil lease sale for Alaskas Arctic refuge The U.S. government has held its first-ever oil and gas lease sale 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 the main bidder By BECKY BOHRER Associated Press January 6, 2021, 10:37 PM • 4 min read Catch up on the developing stories makin...

2020 tests limits of Arctic adaptation December 31st, 2020 | 1. Arctic struggles with pandemic and its impacts to education, health Across the Arctic, as well as the state, nation and globe, the dominant story of 2020 was the COVID-19 pandemic. For rural Alaska, however, the pandemic brought back memories of the Spanish flu, which decimated many in Alaskas Native villages, in some cases leaving only a handful of survivors. While the state braced for impact shortly after spring break, closi...

Nicole Welle | December 31, 2020 The Trump administration successfully opened roughly one million acres of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska to oil drilling following his election defeat, but oil companies might not have any interest in buying the 10-year leases. Today marks the deadline for submitting bids on the oil leases, so the exact number of companies that have expressed interest is unclear. However, there has previously been little indication that oil companies are interest...