The Biden administration suspended oil drilling leases in ANWR. The formal order from Interior Department Secretary Deb Haaland, if unsurprising, starts what will likely be a lengthy process to undo one of the Trump administration’s biggest (anti-)environmental actions. Haaland said a preliminary review found “multiple legal deficiencies” in the Trump … [continued]
The latest report from NOAA is frightening. The average high temperature in Alaska in December 2017 smashed the old record by over 2 degrees F, while Drill Baby Drill is still the official party line from Republicans.
The so-called tax reform bill pending in the US Congress will undermine the transition to renewables in America and reward nuclear and fossil fuel interests. Is this any way to make America great again?
Trump has big plans to help Big Oil in Alaska — including Arctic offshore drilling, the Salmon-destroying Pebble Mine, and of course, opening up the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge for more energy exploration (a wet dream of the GOP for almost 50 years). But now all that could be at risk, since he’s annoyed at Alaskan GOP Senator Lisa Murkowski for voting against Trumpcare.
