EventThe U.S. Interior Department is proposing a categorical exclusion that would fast‑track oil and gas drilling permits in Alaska’s National Petroleum Reserve‑Alaska, bypassing individual NEPA reviews based on prior studies showing negligible impact. Environmental groups warn the move could lower safeguards for wildlife and sensitive habitats.
The U.S. is moving to simplify environmental reviews for oil and gas drilling in Alaska’s Arctic, a change critics say could lower safeguards for wildlife and sensitive habitats.
The U.S. Interior Department is proposing a categorical exclusion to fast‑track oil and gas drilling permits in Alaska, aiming to reduce the length of environmental reviews for projects that impact the Arctic region.
The Interior Department is moving to streamline winter oil and gas exploration permits in the National Petroleum Reserve‑Alaska, proposing a categorical exclusion that would bypass individual NEPA reviews based on prior studies showing negligible impact.
