Anchorage -
The Trump administration announced Monday it would open up 1.5 million acres on the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) to oil and gas drilling.
Anchorage -
The U.S. Interior Department is determined to sell oil leases for the first time this year in the ecologically sensitive but presumably petroleum-rich coastal plain of Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, according to the Trump administration.
Washington -
Under pressure from Republican Gov. Rick Scott, Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke said Tuesday that he won’t allow offshore drilling in waters near Florida through 2024.
In a surprise move today, three GOP Senators joined with Democratic Senators in rejecting a move to repeal the Obama-era methane rule limiting methane emissions from oil and gas drilling.
Washington, D. C. -
California's last oyster cannery may just about be on its last breath Monday after the US Supreme Court refused to hear the operation's final challenge to an order to shut down.
You don’t often see The New York Times trying so hard not to sound like The Sun. They do have an excuse: They were stuck with the facts. The Minerals Management Service agency, which handles $10 billion in revenue, was obviously feeling "newsy".
