Alaska Open For Business As Trump Moves to Reverse Biden Era Oil and Gas Restrictions The Trump Administration plans to open up large swaths of land on Alaska’s North Slope to oil and gas exploration. The proposed change would undo policy protections put in place by the Biden Administration which blocked or limited exploration across the entire Alaska National Petroleum Reserve.
Biden Administration Extends Arctic Protections While Simultaneously Granting Oil Drilling Permits The US government greenlit a controversial oil and gas project in Arctic Alaska but also greatly expanded areas in Alaska’s National Petroleum Reserve that will remain off limits to future hydrocarbon development.