Oil Lease Sale in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to be Held This Week A congressionally mandated oil lease sale for Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge will be held on January 10th. The Biden administration has moved to limit the lease sale to 400,000 acres, the smallest acreage required by law.
Alaska Agency Commits to More Spending on Arctic Refuge Oil Plans The Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority approved about $3.6 million in second-year lease costs.
Misleading the public: Arctic National Wildlife Refuge debate flared up again After the timeframe for submitting comments on the draft Environmental Impact Statement for drilling in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) has closed, the organization Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) claims that essential information was withheld from the public. Several sources also argue that the potential revenue from drilling is greatly overstated.
