U.S. Interior Secretary Doug Burgum on Thursday announced steps to open up more acreage for oil and gas leasing and lift ...

Environmental groups criticised the move, saying it will put caribou, polar bears and migratory birds at risk. Read more at ...

Secretary Burgum announced three actions the Interior Department will be take to expand fossil fuel exploration and ...

The 'Unleashing Alaska’s Extraordinary Resource Potential' initiative includes reopening up to 82% of the National Petroleum ...

Trump Administration to Open More Alaska Acres for Oil, Gas Drilling By Valerie ... on land along the Trans-Alaska Pipeline Corridor and Dalton Highway north of the Yukon River and convey the ...

Its known as one of the most dangerous roads in the world: the rough, desolate two-lane Dalton Highway that shadows the Alaska Pipeline from ... Circle to the alien oil fields of Prudhoe Bay.

It crossed the Dalton Highway and had reached the trans-Alaska pipeline on Saturday. The pipeline, which was built to withstand wildfires, was not damaged.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Interior Secretary Doug Burgum on Thursday announced steps to open up more acreage for oil and gas leasing and lift restrictions on building ... He also said the ...

This plan would balance oil and gas leasing with protecting ... revoking withdrawals along the Trans-Alaska Pipeline Corridor and Dalton Highway north of the Yukon River, conveying these lands ...