The Biden administration tried to quietly shut down energy development across 13 million acres of Alaska’s National Petroleum Reserve. Now, the Trump administration is undoing that damage. Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum announced this week that the Department of the Interior will roll back Biden’s 2024 rule, which imposed extreme restrictions on oil and gas activity in areas that Congress explicitly designated for energy production. The rule created broad “Special Areas” where leasing was essentially banned unless operators could prove a negative, “no adverse effects,” on surface resources. In a statement reported in Fox News, Burgum made clear what was at stake: “The…

In March 2023, the Biden administration quietly issued a sweeping ban on future oil and gas leasing in areas of Alaska, without fanfare and without a single word from the President himself. This move carries devastating implications for Alaska’s energy economy and long-term development prospects. This wasn’t a minor procedural action. It was a policy bombshell, sentencing Alaskans to a depressed economy, unable to utilize the resources beneath their feet. It effectively canceled Alaska’s next generation of energy development, locked up lands critical to the state’s future economic growth, and sent a chilling signal to every investor in responsible resource production. “Americans deserve to know which unelected…

The Trump administration and Interior Secretary Burgum have hired two proven Alaskan leaders, Drue Pearce and Kara Moriarty, for positions in support of the President’s Executive Order to unleash Alaska’s extraordinary resource potential.  Adding these positions reinforces the importance of Alaska resource development to the President’s commitment to United States energy dominance Pearce, a former Alaska Senate President and Senior Advisor to US Interior Sectary Gale Norton, among the many roles she has played in her decades of work forwarding pro-Alaska policy, will be serving as Counselor to the Assistant Secretary of Lands and Minerals. Moriarty brings a wealth of…

In a bold and strategic move, Congressman Nick Begich is delivering a lifeline to Alaska’s economy and securing a brighter fiscal future for the state. In just 125 days since taking office, Begich has proven himself a fierce advocate for Alaska, spearheading a groundbreaking budget reconciliation proposal. This proposal is a long-overdue fix to Alaska’s share of oil and gas leasing revenues. Under current law, Alaska receives only 50% of the revenues from federal mineral leases on lands within the state — a figure far below what many believe is fair, and well below the 90% the Alaska Statehood Act…

Alaska’s vast reserves of natural resources, from oil and gas to critical minerals, have long positioned it as a central player in America’s energy landscape. With momentum building for renewed development, the state is ready for an energy boom that could reshape the nation’s energy future and diminish reliance on foreign adversaries. Speaking at the State Financial Officers Foundation conference in Orlando, Alaska Department of Revenue Commissioner Adam Crum discussed the economic lifeblood that resource development represents for Alaska. “The vast majority of our state government funds come from mining and crude oil,” Crum told Fox News Digital. “It’s not just a…

President Trump earlier this week delivered huge news for Alaska: a commitment to unleashing its vast natural resources, energy infrastructure, and economic potential. In his address to Congress, Trump doubled down on his vision for American energy dominance, and Alaska is at the center of it. President Trump stated: “My administration is also working on a gigantic natural gas pipeline in Alaska, among the largest in the world, where Japan, South Korea, and other nations want to be our partner with investments of trillions of dollars each. It has never been anything like that one. It will be truly spectacular….