This ruling affects a lease sale held in December 2022 of offshore tracts for oil and gas development in the Cook Inlet in the northern Gulf of Alaska that had been mandated as part of a ...

The ruling also suspends Hilcorp’s lease while this process is underway. Since the start of 2024 alone, Hilcorp has been the subject of four different enforcement actions from the Alaska Oil and Gas ...

Politics Alaska outraged at federal oil lease sale setup being 'fitting finale' for fossil fuel-averse presidency Gov. Dunleavy said historians will scratch their heads at Biden's goals in Alaska ...

One of President-elect Donald Trump’s biggest “drill, baby, drill” initiatives suffered a significant setback Wednesday as the Interior Department announced that a lease sale in Alaska’s ...

The Interior Department held the lease sale in December 2022, offering nearly 1 million acres of federal waters in Cook Inlet to companies for potential oil and gas drilling.

A mandatory lease sale for oil and gas drilling in Alaska's Arctic Refuge received no bids, highlighting industry disinterest and potential environmental protection.

A federal judge has suspended an oil sale off the coast of Alaska, saying the Interior Department failed to consider the cumulative effects on endangered beluga whales.

No bids were received in the second congressionally managed oil and gas lease sale in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, the Department of the Interior announced on Wednesday.

A judge threw out Trump administration approvals for a large planned oil project on Alaska’s North Slope, saying the federal review was flawed.