Anwr News

Anchorage - The oil industry responded to the controversial and last-minute sale of oil leases in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge with a collective 'meh' on Wednesday.

The 19.6 million-acre Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska is under attack again from President Trump. The information comes about through a memo from US Fish and Wildlife Service acting director James Kurth on August 11.

Washington - The White House budget will be delivered to Congress on Tuesday, and as part of President Trump's plans to help balance the federal budget is a proposal to open the coastal plain (Area 1002) of Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil drilling.

Off-shore drilling is a sure-fire point of discussion this fall (though both sides will agree it must be done). However, in looking at the issue it seems as though it is merely a talking point, not an issue that affects (or benefits) the average American.

Minnesota Republican Representative Michelle Bachmann returned from her ANWR trip with her nine Republican colleagues and says that we should start oil drilling there as soon as possible.

Oil men were elected into office to govern the world's most influential nation. Upon entering the White House, they had one goal in mind: to secure decades of profits for Big Oil. It took years of deceit to accomplish their mission, but they succeeded.

Recently the Bush Administration blocked the release of an important assessment of the impact of oil and gas exploration in the Arctic because it would threaten its plan to sell licenses to drill for oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge