Yereth Rosen, Alaska Beacon
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The first lease sale in the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska since 2019 generated $163 million in high bids, but some bids were for protected land. -
The ruling pauses a Trump administration reversal of a Native lands right-of-way agreement, with implications for a pending oil and gas lease sale -
Two lawsuits over oil development in the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska claim the Trump administration overstepped its authority by opening once-protected areas to development -
A 2017 lease sale drew lackluster bidding, and a 2021 lease sale drew no bids at all.
