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Trump Administration Auctions Contested Arctic Lands for Oil Drilling

Oil companies bid on more than 1 million acres in the first lease sale in the Western Arctic since 2019. The tracts included areas where leasing appears to be prohibited.

By Nicholas Kusnetz

A Little-Used Maneuver Could Mean More Drilling and Mining in Southern Utah’s Redrock Country

By Georgina Gustin

Will Trump’s Push to Drill on California Public Lands be More Successful This Time Around?

By Blanca Begert

BLM Calls New Oil and Gas Rules ‘Noncontroversial,’ Exempts Them From Public Comment

By Jake Bolster

USGS Touts Potential Oil and Gas Resources Beneath Public Lands in Updated Survey

By Jake Bolster

Should Oil and Gas Drilling Expand in This Biodiverse National Forest? The Public Overwhelmingly Says No

By Lee Hedgepeth

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