Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge ranks as one of the wildest places on Earth. In the winter, it’s a haven for some of the last polar bears that traverse land and sea.

As Kaktovik has seen immense economic and rural growth, leaders in the village see a pathway for oil and gas projects to ...

Cottongrass wafts over the tundra in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge on Sept. 2, 2006. No bids were received in the second congressionally managed oil and gas lease sale in the Arctic National ...

The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is an expanse of roughly 19 million acres along the North Slope of Alaska. It’s one of the last truly wild places in the United States.

FILE - In this undated photo provided by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, an airplane flies over caribou from the Porcupine Caribou Herd on the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge ...

Arctic Refuge Is One of Earth’s Last Truly Wild Places. Trump Calls it America’s “Biggest Oil Farm.” Some Native leaders and activists foresee a “David and Goliath” battle on the horizon.

Pumping oil from the Arctic Refuge won’t result in lower oil prices, according to the federal Energy Information Administration, and building the necessary infrastructure would take decades. “Drilling ...

The U.S. Interior Department said on Wednesday a congressionally mandated oil and gas drilling lease auction in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge received no bids from energy companies.

Covering 78,000 square kilometers (30,100 square miles) of rolling tundra and wetlands in Alaska's North Slope region, the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is a haven for an extraordinary variety ...

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.

Rep. Nick Begich, Alaska’s lone House member, says oil drilling opportunities represent a huge gain for the state, downplays ...

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The U.S. Interior Department on Wednesday said no bids were submitted for this week's oil and gas lease sale in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge — a sale the ...