Three Congress members opposed to drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge are challenging the revenue projections for that endeavor, and they have fresh evidence on their side.
North Slope
Oil lease sale for National Petroleum Reserve sees little interest
Nine hundred tracts, totaling more than 10 million acres, were up for bid. But at the annual lease sale held today, oil companies bid on only seven tracts. The sale lasted less than 10 minutes.
Army Corps requires less wetlands mitigation in Alaska
Over the last three years, wetlands mitigation hasn’t been happening as often as it used to, and conservation groups are concerned. Whether the change is intentional or incidental is disputed.
Prudhoe Bay job numbers fell to lowest since 2007 this year
In May of this year, job numbers in the Prudhoe Bay region dropped to the lowest levels in a decade, according to the Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development.
U.S. House passes tax plan, the bill will open ANWR, Young says
The U.S. House on Thursday passed a tax cut package. Like all but 13 Republicans, Alaska Rep. Don Young voted for the bill.
Arctic drilling foes find public passion has cooled
Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., on Thursday lamented that the refuge drilling proposal isn’t drawing public outrage like it did more than a decade ago.