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Trump administration cuts size of Arctic land offered for oil auction

climate, drilling, energy, fossil fuels, gas, NEWS_ARCHIVE, oil, policy, POLITICS, RSS_NEWSBy CCR@IIXXI8 December 22, 2020

In a last-minute change, the Trump administration cut about 30 percent of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge territory that it plans to auction off for...

Udall: Interior Department should be ‘center’ of U.S. climate change response

drilling, fossil fuels, NEWS_ARCHIVE, POLITICS, RSS_NEWSBy CCR@IIXXI8 August 18, 2020

U.S. Sen.Tom Udall said the U.S. Department of the Interior could play a pivotal role in the country’s response to climate change during an August...

Trump administration moves forward with final rule to allow new California drilling

CALIFORNIA_NEWS, drilling, Executive_MNBy CCR@IIXXI8 May 9, 2019

The Trump administration moved forward Thursday with its plan to open up hundreds of thousands of acres on California's Central Coast to oil and gas...

Judge blocks federal drilling leases: government must consider climate

drilling, gas, land, LITIGATION_WEGVS_ZINKE_RELATED, NEWS_ARCHIVE, oilBy CCR@IIXXI8 March 20, 2019

A federal judge ruled that the Trump administration’s authorization of oil and gas leasing in Wyoming failed to adequately consider climate change, a decision that...