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U.S. reopens Arctic refuge to oil drilling

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November 07, 2025

The Trump administration is opening the entire coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska to oil and gas leasing, reversing a Biden administration decision that put the pristine wilderness area off limits.

- BY ARI NATTER

U.S. reopens Arctic refuge to oil drilling

CAROLYN VAN HOUTEN Washington Post OIL development poses a risk to caribou and other wildlife in the Alaska refuge, environmentalists say.

Interior Secretary Doug Burgum said the agency was opening the 1.56 million acres of tundra on the state’s North Slope and holding a lease sale in the winter in the nearby National Petroleum Reserve. It’s the latest move by President Trump’s administration to boost domestic fossil fuel production.

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