Where the Brooks Range ends, and the conflict begins (Photo: Fred Paillet) A week after two oil companies said they were ready to move ahead with a major oil project in northern Alaska, a third said it was ending its exploration activities, leaving only a state...
For comparison, 13 US states areas occupy less space than the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska (Map: Bureau of Land Management) If there is one thing that conservations and those keen on exploiting more of Alaska’s oil reserves can agree on, it is that the decision...