April 21, 2026
The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management has announced that it will hold an oil and gas lease sale on the 1.56-million-acre Coastal Plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, saying the bid opening for tracts will take place June 5.
January 06, 2021
An Alaska federal court has refused to block the Trump administration's first lease sale for oil and gas exploration and production in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge's coastal plain on the eve of the auction, finding that any "ground-disturbing activities" will require future approvals.
December 16, 2020
An Alaska Native group and a host of environmental organizations have asked a federal judge to halt the sale of oil and gas leases and seismic exploration in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, claiming the Trump administration is hurrying to put the leasing program in place before the change in presidential administrations.
August 25, 2020
An Alaska Native tribe and 12 environmental groups have filed suit to block drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, one of two similar challenges brought Monday in Alaska federal court against federal environmental agencies.