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U.S. to Open Arctic Refuge for Oil Drilling

10/18/2025

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The U.S. Department of the Interior plans to allow oil and gas leasing in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR).
The move aims to boost U.S. fossil fuel production.
Environmental groups oppose the plan over ecological concerns.
The administration also intends to scrap protections for 13 million acres in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska (NPR-A).
Trump's order would open the ANWR coastal plain to drilling with lease sales over the next decade.

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The U.S. Department of the Interior plans to allow oil and gas leasing in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR).
The move aims to boost U.S. fossil fuel production.
Environmental groups oppose the plan over ecological concerns.
The administration also intends to scrap protections for 13 million acres in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska (NPR-A).
Trump's order would open the ANWR coastal plain to drilling with lease sales over the next decade.