The Trump administration is eying the possibility of oil leasing in Arctic Ocean ... Continental Shelf planning areas off Alaska are shown in this map from the U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management.

Brett Watson, University of Alaska Anchorage (THE CONVERSATION) In the state with the fourth-largest proven reserves of oil and gas in the U.S., there is a looming energy shortage. Above the Arctic ...

He likened Trump’s friendly approach to energy development as “Christmas every day" for a state whose fortunes rise or fall with oil. But the nearly three months since Trump's inauguration have been ...

The Trump administration is eying the possibility of oil leasing in Arctic Ocean areas more than 200 miles from shore, an ...