US EditionTrump administration repealing protections for key swaths of Alaska petroleum reserve
The repeal opens over 80% of Alaska's National Petroleum Reserve to leasing, aiming to boost jobs, energy security, and meet congressional mandates, officials said.
- Trump administration rescinded federal rules aimed at protecting Alaska's petroleum reserve from future oil and gas leasing.
- The Biden-era rules had called for regularly evaluating whether to designate new protected areas or increase protections due to climate change impacts.
- Local leaders welcomed the rule change as restoring a process respecting their knowledge, while environmentalists criticized dropping regulations on managing lands and wildlife.
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The Political InsiderTrump Admin Rolls Back Biden-Era Restrictions on Alaska Oil and Gas Drilling
The Trump administration said Nov. 13 that it has finalized a rule rescinding Biden-era restrictions on oil and gas drilling in Alaska as part of efforts to strengthen U.S. energy security. The new rule, to be published in the Federal Register on Nov. 17, will revoke the measures imposed by the Biden administration that restricted drilling in the National Petroleum Reserve on the North Slope, according to the Interior Department (DOI). The petro…
Trump Administration Reverses Biden-Era Oil Restrictions, Reopens 13 Million Acres In Alaska For Energy Development
by Emmitt Barry, with reporting from Washington D.C. Bureau Staff (Worthy News) – The Trump administration on Nov. 13 finalized a sweeping rollback of Biden-era restrictions on oil and gas development in Alaska, restoring access to more than 13 million acres of the National Petroleum Reserve–Alaska (NPR-A) in a move officials say will bolster U.S. energy security and revive North Slope communities. The new rule—set for publication in the Federal…
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Trump administration repealing protections for key swaths of Alaska petroleum reserve
The Trump administration says it is rescinding federal rules that were aimed at protecting vast swaths of a petroleum reserve in Alaska that provide key habitat for migrating birds, caribou and other wildlife.
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