National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska

Photo: Reuters
USA

US ditches Trump-era policies for Arctic Alaska oil reserve

US President Donald Trump participates in a phone call with Vice President Mike Pence, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley October 4, 2020, in his conference room at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland. Not shown in the photo also in the room on the call is Chief of Staff Mark Meadows. Photo: Reuters
World+Biz

Trump administration issues last-minute Arctic refuge drilling leases

Pacific black brant fly past Mount Dutton over the Izembek Lagoon in the Izembek National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska's Aleutian Islands, in this U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) picture taken November 7, 2008. REUTERS
Global Economy

Last-minute White House decision opens more Arctic land to oil leasing