Causescommons.wikimedia.org Three oil firms exit Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, after seeking access Three big oil companies announced they would drop the exploration leases they won for the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge after spending years to get access to the sensitive region in northern Alaska.
Politics www.hcn.org A quest for Alaska oil sparks a fight over tribal sovereignty An energy company with a history of environmental violations is conducting exploratory drilling in the Yukon Flats.
Politics www.washingtonpost.com The Trump administration just approved a plan to drill for oil in Alaska’s federal waters. It’s a major first Hilcorp Energy plans to drill for oil six miles off the Alaskan coast in the shallow waters of the Beaufort Sea.
