Congress considers new bill on ANWR drilling
For fifty years, the U.S. has debated drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR). In 1960, President Dwight D.…
U.S. Dept. of Interior upholds sale of Chukchi Sea oil leases
Yesterday, the U.S. Department of the Interior upheld the sale of 487 leases to drill for oil in the Chukchi…
U.S. halts Arctic drilling until at least 2011
The Department of the Interior announced last Thursday that it is suspending all offshore drilling, including drilling in the Arctic,…