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Trump administration cuts environmental reviews to fast-track Alaska oil exploration

States Newsroom · October 9, 2026

Seismic surveys, well drilling, ice road construction and other wintertime oil exploration activities on federal lands on the western North Slope will no longer be subject to case-by-case environmental evaluation, under a new rule the Trump administration announced on Thursday. The U.S. Bureau of Land Management…

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Trump administration cuts environmental reviews to fast-track Alaska oil exploration

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