THE LINK: OCTOBER 2023 18 Photo Courtesy BLM According to the U.S. Geological Survey, the non-wilderness Section 1002 Area of ANWR contains a mean estimated 7.6 billion barrels of recoverable oil and 7 trillion cubic feet of natural gas, according to AIDEA. All in agreement over continued overreach that will hurt state U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski, Dan Sullivan (both R-Alaska) and North Slope and other Alaska leaders expressed their opposition to two Alaska new anti-development decisions announced by the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI). “DOI is proposing to withdraw millions of acres within the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska (NPR-A) and canceling the lawfully awarded leases to the Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority within the non-wilderness Coastal Plain (1002 Area) that were issued in early 2021 as required by law,” the delegation said in a joint statement. “Both moves are in direct contravention to Alaska-specific laws, lack scientific backing or consultation with Alaska Native stakeholders, tribes and communities, and come at the worst possible time, geopolitically,” the statement said. Sen. Lisa Murkowski said: “The NPR-A, which is explicitly designated for energy production, turns 100 this year, and we have worked for decades how to responsibly develop a very small portion of the non-wilderness 1002 Area. Now the Biden Administration, at a time when America and our allies need Alaska’s resources more than ever, has decided to go their own way by further ANWR lockup: What Alaska’s leaders say
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