The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) is more than a remote patch of tundra — it is a crucible where nature, energy, and politics collide in breathtaking and often dramatic fashion.

The Trump administration formally announced Thursday that it planned to expand drilling in the Arctic, including in the contentious Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. The Interior Department said ...

Congress is pushing for new oil and gas leases in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, which would threaten the region’s outdoor recreation economy and generate minimal revenue for taxpayers.

GDP from mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction: 62.5% ($637.7 million) Adults who oppose drilling in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: 54.5% Adults who support offshore drilling off U.S ...

Alaska’s state-owned investment bank could get permission to start oil exploration work in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge as soon as the third quarter of this year, according to court ...

In President Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act that is being considered by the Senate is a provision that would allow oil drilling in the fragile coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife ...

JUNEAU, Alaska — The Trump administration is sending three Cabinet members to Alaska this week as it pursues oil drilling in the pristine Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and reinvigorating a ...

Conservation groups are challenging a court ruling that would allow the Trump administration to green-light drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. The Gwich’in Steering Committee and ...

WASHINGTON — In an unusually quiet session, the U.S. House Natural Resources Committee passed a bill to mandate new oil lease sales in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and allow construction ...

The Trump administration announced a plan on June 17 to open nearly 82% of the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska to oil and gas development, including some of its most ecologically sensitive areas.

Cottongrass wafts over the tundra in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge on Sept. 2, 2006. (Steve Hillebrand/U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service) Arctic refuge oil exploration could begin as soon as ...