Post Tagged with: "ANWR"
ANWR, Unfinished Energy Biz Top Senate To Do List
From EE News
Against the backdrop of a bitter government shutdown, the new bipartisan leaders of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee are forging ahead with setting the panel’s agenda for the 116th Congress, huddling this week to talk …
A Minimum of 5.7 Billion Barrels Await Drillers at ANWR
The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) is located on the northern coast of Alaska, due east of both Prudhoe Bay and the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska (NPRA). The coastal plain (the 1002 Area) covers 1.5 million acres and is about 8% …
Interior Dept. to Begin Processes to Lease ANWR this Month
Drilling ANWR at least a decade away: Murkowski
The Trump administration this month will begin the process of opening the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil and natural gas leasing.
Interior Department officials visited Alaskan communities …
Drilling ANWR’s 1002 Area Edges Closer to a Vote
A quick background
In 1960, the Secretary of the Interior signed an order protecting the northernmost parts of Alaska at the federal level. The order protected 8.9 million acres and named it the Arctic National Wildlife Range. In 1980, President …
Zinke Signs Order to Jump-Start Alaskan Energy Production in the NPR
Order also calls for updating ANWR resource assessments
U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke signed a secretarial order to jump-start Alaskan energy production in the National Petroleum Reserve – Alaska (NPR-A) and update resource assessments for areas of the …
Obama Administration Announcement on ANWR Enrages Critics
The Obama Administration’s announcement of plans to expand protection in ANWR is a ‘declaration of war’ says Alaskan Congresswoman
The White House released a revised Comprehensive Conservation Plan Sunday, which will designate 12.28 million acres in Alaska’s Arctic National …
