The Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority is asking its board to allow it to spend up to $20 million on the sale.
Alaska's Energy Desk
In last-minute move, Trump administration removes nearly 475k acres from ANWR oil lease sale
BLM says it decided to cut the land from the sale based on comments it got during a 30-day period that ended last Thursday, which included concerns about caribou, polar bear and bird habitat.
Investigation blames U.S. Forest Service for giving Alaska grant used for Roadless Rule fight
A federal watchdog agency says the U.S. Forest Service acted illegally when it awarded a $2 million firefighting grant to the state of Alaska in 2018.
Nearly 8,000 gallons of ‘slop oil’ spilled at onshore Hilcorp facility near Cook Inlet
The state says nearly 8,000 gallons of “slop oil” leaked out of an underground line at Hilcorp’s onshore Trading Bay production facility.
Gwich’in, conservation groups ask court to block ANWR oil leasing
The Gwich’in Steering Committee and 12 other groups filed a motion in U.S. District Court requesting the preliminary injunction. Separately, about a half-dozen conservation groups represented by Earthjustice filed a similar motion asking the court to freeze oil leasing and seismic activity in the coastal plain.
Solar project in Northwest Arctic villages set to break ground next spring
The solar arrays planned for Shungnak and Kobuk is the latest renewable project for a region routinely struck by high energy costs.