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Arctic

National Wildlife Refuge

Alaska

Established: 1960

19,286,722 acres

Official Site: https://www.fws.gov/refuge/arctic

Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arctic_National_Wildlife_Refuge

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/arcticnationalwildliferefuge

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Trump Ramps Up Reckless Assault on the Arctic RefugeOn the eve of the one-year anniversary of the tax act that opened the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to drilling, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) released its draft environmental impact statement (EIS) in preparation for an oil and gas lease sale in 2019 within the ecologically sensitive coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, America’s premier wilderness refuge. This is the latest move by the Trump administration in a rushed process to allow drilling in one of the nation’s most remote and iconic landscapes.

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge - Too Wild To Drill - Wilderness SocietyDrilling in the Arctic Refuge is risky and would leave permanent scars on pristine wildlife habitat considered sacred by the indigenous Gwich’in people. Tell Congress to stand up for Americans’ wishes to keep drilling OUT of the Arctic Refuge! #ProtectTheArcticRefuge #toowildtodrill

What’s Going on With the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge?The future of the refuge is still up in the air after a lengthy deadlock in Congress. Here’s what to know about the current state of affairs.

Senate budget resolution paves the way for drilling in Arctic wildlife refugeThe budget resolution contains instructions for the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee to recommend policies to save $1 billion o...

The Gloves Are OffTrump is going after America’s most pristine wildland. Nineteen million acres of spectacular, unspoiled nature, the Arctic Refuge is the largest and wildest of our publicly-owned reserves.

The oil-drunk Trump administration needs to leave Alaska refuge aloneThe Trump administration thinks it would be a good idea to allow ground seismic testing to measure oil reserves in the ANWR. Actually, that's a stupid idea.

Washington Post: Trump Administration Secretly Pushing Illegal Oil Exploration in the Arctic RefugeWASHINGTON – The Washington Post reported today that the Trump administration is secretly taking the first steps towards opening the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil drilling. The Post reports that the Department of the Interior (DOI) directed the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) in a memorandum to immediately revise regulations govern...

Bolstered by Trump, Big Oil Resumes Its 40-Year Quest to Drill in an Arctic Wildlife RefugeThe battle over the ‘American Serengeti’ pits pro-drilling Alaskans vs. environmentalists.

Trump is Trying to Open Up Millions of Acres of Wilderness in Alaska to Oil DrillingTake a look at some of the amazing lands the fossil fuel industry wants to plunder.

Protecting the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

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