The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and the contested extraction area (red). Map: US Geological Survey The battle over proposed oil and gas development in the Arctic’s largest U.S. wildlife refuge, the Arctic Wildlife National Refuge, has been a decades-long...
Bank of America is the second-largest financial institution in the United States and the eighth largest in the world. The bank’s headquarters are in Charlotte, North Carolina (left), while other larger cities such as New York (right) have regional HQs. Images:...
The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is the largest nature reserve in the United States Arctic. But on its coastal area, the North Slope, there are also rich oil and gas deposits that are being offered for sale by the Trump administration (1002 Area). Right next to it,...
In a large part of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, the reindeer of the Porcubine herd graze. This particular subspecies of reindeer migrates annually from Canada to the pastures of the Porcubine River in Alaska in a spectacular migration. The planned drilling...
Three polar bears are searching for food along the coast of the Beaufort Sea within the 1002 area of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. (Photo: (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service) On August 17, 2020, the Trump administration completed a plan to authorize oil and gas...
