An Alaska corporation is already teeing up a legal battle over the Biden administration’s decision to cancel contested oil and gas leases in a massive wildlife refuge.
Analysis: Congress’ action, spurred by U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, prompted conservation groups to launch a successful campaign to block big banks and insurers from backing drilling not just in the refuge, but anywhere in the Arctic.
Oil and gas companies will gain fracking leases on California public land under a Trump administration energy plan. Environmental groups protested it. Fresno and Monterey counties to see most wells.
Despite an overwhelmingly negative response earlier this year, the Bureau of Land Management is moving forward with most of its planned oil and gas lease sales in Beaverhead and Madison Counties.
The eastern Gulf of Mexico has long been eyed for oil and gas drilling. But the Trump administration surprised industry analysts by including the U.S. east coast, where there has been no oil and little gas produced and little exploration.
