Republicans said they were seeking ways to quickly reverse the restrictions in the state’s North Slope region.

Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-AK) considered President Joe Biden’s latest executive order on drilling “no surprise,” suggesting the president has been opposed to U.S. energy. Two weeks before President-elect Donald Trump returns to the White House,

We discuss President Carter's legacy of conservation, and the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act on this Talk of Alaska.

As Donald Trump prepares to return to the White House later this month, some northerners are anxious about what the new U.S. administration will mean for the Arctic environment, circumpolar politics and the fight against climate change.

With Trump 10 days from inauguration, Judge Juan M. Merchan has indicated he plans a no-penalty sentence called an unconditional discharge and prosecutors aren’t opposing it. That would mean no jail time, no probation and no fines would be imposed, but nothing is final until Friday’s proceeding is done.

President Joe Biden has banned future oil and gas drilling in more than 625 million acres of the U.S. ocean, including federal waters off Ventura County.