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Alaska Governor nominates US Arctic waters for offshore oil and gas leasing

By Alex DeMarban, Alaska Dispatch News October 20, 2016

Alaska Gov. Bill Walker has nominated the two seas covering the Arctic Ocean’s U.S. continental shelf for inclusion in the federal government’s five-year offshore leasing program, a proposal shared with Interior Secretary Sally Jewell before her trip north to attend the Alaska Federation of Natives convention on Friday.

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