With a new environmental review, the Trump administration moves closer to opening more Arctic Alaska land to oil development
A draft environmental impact statement aims to open more of the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska to drilling.
The Trump administration’s overhaul of the management plan for a vast area in Arctic Alaska could open up much more territory to oil development, including sensitive wetlands, riverbanks and coastal areas currently protected as important habitat for migratory birds and caribou.
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