Bids for oil exploration rights in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge’s coastal plain will be opened on Jan. 10, a day later than originally scheduled, the U.S. Bureau of Land Management has said.

Three tribal governments and several environmental groups sued the Trump administration on Wednesday to try to block a land trade that would allow a road to be built through a national wildlife refuge ...

The road through the Izembek National Wildlife Refuge, which is opposed by environmental groups, has long been sought by the coastal community of King Cove. A contentious land exchange that paves the ...

A coalition of Alaska Native tribes and environmental groups has filed multiple lawsuits against the federal government, seeking to overturn a land swap that would allow construction of a road through ...

Cottongrass wafts over the tundra in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge on Sept. 2, 2006. No bids were received in the second congressionally managed oil and gas lease sale in the Arctic National ...

The Interior secretary announced the reopening of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil leasing, a land swap within the Izembek National Wildlife Refuge and next steps for the Ambler mining road.

The Interior Department announcement reverses moves by former President Joe Biden's administration to restrict drilling there ...

In the lawsuit, Native Village of Hooper Bay, the Native Village of Paimiut, Chevak Native Village and the Center for Biological Diversity argue that the land swap violates federal law by undermining ...

An Alaska development agency is seeking bids from companies to prepare for seismic testing that could one day lead to oil drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. The Alaska Industrial ...

The U.S. Interior Department said on Wednesday a congressionally mandated oil and gas drilling lease auction in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge received no bids from energy companies. “The ...