US to Limit Leasing in Alaska Petroleum Reserve
New infrastructure would be prohibited on about 13,000 square miles.
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New infrastructure would be prohibited on about 13,000 square miles.
A Biden administration record of decision on the National Petroleum Reserve Alaska has opened 11.8 million acres to oil and gas leasing, leaving another 11 million acres off limits for sensitive bird populations and the Teshekpuk and Western Arctic caribou herds.
The U.S. Interior Department has issued a decision to limit roughly half of the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska to oil and gas leasing
New infrastructure would be prohibited on about 13,000 square miles.
JUNEAU, Alaska -- The U.S. Interior Department has issued a decision to limit roughly half the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska to oil and gas leasing. The decision rolls back an approach taken by the Trump administration, and it drew criticism from Alaska's U.S. senators.