U.S. government releases draft proposal for expanded Alaska oil development

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Environmentally sensitive but potentially oil-rich areas of Arctic Alaska will be opened to oil development under a new Trump administration proposal to undo Obama-era protections.

The draft, released late on Thursday by the Bureau of Land Management, contains a set of options. The most aggressive would allow oil development in 81 percent of the reserve. Under the Obama-era management plan enacted in 2013 and currently in effect, about half the reserve is open to oil development and half is protected for its wildlife and cultural values.

The draft environmental impact statement is subject to a 60-day public review. A final statement and an action decision are expected to follow, the BLM said. “Does oil and gas trump everything in terms of natural resources? Is that the first and highest value for every acre of federal lands? I would think not,” he said.

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As the rest of the world moves toward less polluting energy resources there seems little point in increasing supply.

We can’t get rid of Trump fast enough. He will sell and lease every last parcel of our beautiful land to the oil and gas industries.

Just what they needed in Alaska

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