Policy

The ANWR lease sale failed to attract major oil companies, with only AIDEA and a single small company placing bids.

The Trump administration attempted a lease sale of the Arctic Wildlife Refuge to Big Oil on June 5, aiming to open the area for development.

Only two companies submitted bids for five tracts in the Trump administration's oil and gas lease sale of Alaska's ANWR, signaling limited investor interest.

A federal auction will allow oil companies to explore and drill within the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, potentially expanding U.S. Arctic oil production.

Oil and gas leases are being sold in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, a move that could jeopardize the refuge's conservation status and affect future Arctic energy policy.

The Trump administration opened 700,000 acres of the Arctic Refuge for oil and gas leasing, but most bids were withdrawn, leaving the sale largely ineffective.

Sierra Club’s statement criticizes the Trump Administration’s decision to lease oil and gas rights in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, noting the sale raised $3.7 million but was used to fund large tax cuts.

The Bureau of Land Management reported that the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge Coastal Plain lease sale attracted only a few bids, underscoring limited commercial interest in the area.

Oil and gas lease sale in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge marks another transfer of public land, raising concerns over environmental protection.

BLM opened nine bids on five tracts for an oil and gas lease sale on the Arctic Coastal Plain, potentially reshaping Arctic energy development and governance.

An oil lease sale in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge brought in $3.7 million, yet attracted little interest, signaling weak commercial appetite for Arctic drilling.

A U.S. administration lease sale of an Arctic Refuge has been announced, sparking debate over policy and market responses.

Ottawa will buy 26 HIMARS launchers, adding land‑based anti‑ship missile capability that could defend Canada’s Arctic coasts and bolster NATO and Indo‑Pacific expeditionary operations.

The latest Arctic National Wildlife Refuge lease sale yielded only $3.7 million from two bidders, underscoring the lack of major oil company interest and sparking debate among conservationists and local indigenous groups.

Charles Lampe says the Bureau of Land Management’s first lease sale in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge marks a new era of Indigenous self‑determination for Kaktovik, giving the community authority over development and tax revenues for local services.

The Trump administration’s proposal would grant a blanket environmental approval for oil projects on the National Petroleum Reserve–Alaska, accelerating drilling amid the region’s oil revival.

Sahtu Secretariat, Gwich’in Tribal Council and Pehdzéh Kı̨ First Nation signed a memorandum to coordinate Indigenous input on the Mackenzie Valley Highway, a road linking Sahtu communities to Inuvik supporting response.

The Trump administration announced an auction to grant oil leases in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, with Interior Secretary Doug Burgum and Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm outlining the plan.

India's new space deal with Norway will allow ISRO satellite data to monitor Arctic climate and support its diplomatic outreach in the High North.

The Trump administration has opened an auction of drilling rights in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge’s Coastal Plain, the first time such tracts are offered for sale.

The Trump Administration’s auction of oil‑and‑gas leases in the Coastal Plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge marks the first time the area is opened to drilling, after removing earlier restrictions and following a record $163.7 million sale in the National Petroleum

The Trump administration has opened sealed bids for almost 690,000 acres of oil and gas drilling rights in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, marking the first of four auctions required by the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.

Fortune Minerals is moving its Nico cobalt‑gold project toward 2027 construction after publishing an updated feasibility study, but financing remains the key hurdle.