Trump Officials Open Millions of Acres of Alaska Wildlands to Oil and Gas Drilling

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By Cristen Hemingway JaynesJun 3, 2025, 9:41 pm230 ptsTop
United States Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum announced on Monday that the federal government had proposed the reversal of a Biden-era order banning oil and gas drilling on the 23-million acre National Petroleum Reserve on Alaska’s North Slope. The remote area is home to a diverse array of wildlife,…

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