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Expanding exports of energy from the United States has become a hallmark of President Donald Trump’s second presidency, and his administration is turning to Alaska to usher in a wave of trade deals and commitments to meet its goals for selling more fossil fuels abroad.
A new five-year offshore oil and gas leasing plan proposes 21 sales in Alaska, from the Gulf of Alaska to the High Arctic, and 13 more off the U.S. West Coast and in the Gulf of Mexico.
The Trump administration, which broadly opposes renewable energy projects, changed the name of the Colorado-based National Renewable Energy Laboratory to “National Laboratory of the Rockies.”
Federal lease sales in Alaska will now revert to a framework developed in 2020 by the Trump administration that had opened most of the Coastal Plain to oil and gas development. In October, the Interior Department said it would move to restore lease sales to the entire Coastal Plain as part of Trump's U.S. energy dominance agenda.
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Trump choice for Alaska federal judge gets low-key hearing in US Senate
Aaron Christian Peterson didn’t face any tough questions during a public hearing of the Senate Committee on the Judiciary.
The natural resources attorney would serve on a bench that frequently handles environment and public lands cases.
The Trump administration plans to offer parts of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska for oil and gas drilling. It's part of a larger effort to advance controversial projects in the state that were blocked by the Biden administration. The Trump ...
The Assembly of First Nations (AFN) has passed a resolution from Gwich'in leaders, calling on Prime Minister Mark Carney to work to protect the Porcupine caribou herd and advocate against development in the herd's Alaska calving grounds.
The Trump administration has heavily boosted the proposed $44 billion Alaska gas development, calling it necessary for national security. Beijing has expressed interest in purchasing natural gas from a proposed export facility in Alaska, President Donald ...