Alaska’s Energy Future Just Got a Major Boost
This week, the Department of the Interior took a bold step to unleash Alaska’s extraordinary resource potential, setting the stage for a new era of energy dominance, job creation, and long-term prosperity. Under the leadership of Secretary Doug Burgum and the direction of President executive order, Interior announced new actions to expand leasing opportunities and clear key infrastructure hurdles for Alaska’s energy economy. This includes reopening up to 82% of the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska (NPR-A) for exploration, reinstating a leasing program for the Coastal Plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, and revoking outdated land withdrawals to advance the Ambler…