An oil pipeline in the remote North Slope of Alaska. The village of Kaktovik is seen Oct. 14 at the edge of Barter Island in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska. A rig at a drilling site ...

For years, the Alaskan region has lured the interest of oil and gas groups. The United States Geological Survey estimates the region contains 7.7 billion barrels of technically recoverable oil on ...

filed in the U.S. district court in Alaska, challenged restrictions set on the oil and gas lease, saying the restrictions prevent “actual oil and gas development” within the region.

President Donald Trump's expansive executive order aimed at boosting oil and gas drilling, mining and logging in Alaska is being cheered by state political leaders who see new fossil fuel ...