Trump Moves to Open 1.5 Million Acres of Alaskan Refuge for Oil Drilling By End of the Year

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By Jordan DavidsonSep 14, 2019, 9:59 am332 pts
The Trump administration has initialized the final steps to open up nearly 1.6 million acres of the protected Alaskan National Wildlife Refuge to allow oil and gas drilling. The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) issued its final Environmental Impact Statement for the refuge and found that it was acceptable to…

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