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Trump Admin Moves to Open Alaskan Refuge to Oil and Gas Drilling

HeadlineSep 19, 2017

Meanwhile, the Trump administration is laying the groundwork to open the Alaska National Wildlife Refuge to oil and gas drilling. The Washington Post reports the Interior Department is modifying a 1980s regulation to allow for exploratory drilling and seismic surveys in the nearly 20 million-acre reserve.

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