AWL IN THE NEWS
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Alaska Wilderness League in the News
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Arctic Refuge 
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Alaska National Forests 
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Sale of Arctic Refuge Oil and Gas Leases Is Set for Early January
(The New York Times, 12/3/20)
Trump kick-starts oil drilling licence sales in Arctic Refuge
(The Guardian, 12/3/20)
US plans oil, gas lease sale in Alaska's Arctic Refuge
(The Associated Press, 12/3/20)
Trump administration schedules Arctic Alaska refuge oil and gas lease sale for early January
(Anchorage Daily News, 12/3/20)
Not Waiting for Public Comment, Trump Administration Schedules Lease Sale for Arctic Wildlife Refuge
(InsideClimate News, 12/3/20)
Trump plans to announce lease sale in Arctic Refuge on 60th anniversary
(The Independent, 12/3/20)
Just days before exit, Trump plans ‘going out of business’ sale with Arctic drilling leases
(Raw Story, 12/3/20)
Good News for Salmon, Bad News for Prospectors
(The New York Times, 12/1/20)
Pebble Mine Denied Permit in Victory for Tribes, Waterways and Planet
(Ecowatch, 11/27/20)
Pebble Mine dead while the award winning film "The Wild" goes the distance
(PR Web, 11/26/20)
Interview of the Week: Adam Kolton
(Our Daily Planet, 11/25/20)
Army Corps denies permit for massive gold mine proposed near Bristol Bay in Alaska
(The Washington Post, 11/25/20)
Trump administration denies planned mine near Alaska fishery
(The Associated Press, 11/25/20)
Government blocks proposed mine that threatened Alaska salmon fishery
(The Guardian, 11/25/20)
Federal agency moves to revise OCS drilling rules
(Alaska Journal of Commerce, 11/24/20)
Drilling the Arctic refuge doesn’t make sense — but Trump wants it to happen anyway
(Popular Science, 11/24/20)
Trump’s Last-Ditch Effort to Drill the Alaskan Wilderness
(Nexus Media, 11/24/20)
Biden opens the door to protecting the Arctic Refuge
(The Hill, 11/22/20)
A destructive legacy: Trump bids for final hack at environmental protections
(The Guardian, 11/21/20)
Trump administration pushes for rollback of Arctic offshore drilling regulations
(The Hill, 11/19/20)
Interior slashes Arctic oil spill regulations
(E&E News, 11/19/20)
The frenzied final power moves of the Trump administration could change our planet forever
(The Independent, 11/19/20)
U.S. moves to loosen safety rules for Arctic Ocean oil drilling
(Reuters, 11/19/20)
Alaska Wilderness League's Adam Kolton and Author/Commentator Jared Yates Sexton (Podcast Ep: 233)
(Stand Up! with Pete Dominick, 11/18/20)
Conservation groups sue US to halt oil project in Alaska
(The Associated Press, 11/18/20)
Environmental groups sue Trump administration to stop ConocoPhillips’ Willow oil project
(Anchorage Daily News, 11/18/20)
Trump offers licences to drill in Alaska's Arctic sanctuary
(BBC Radio Newsday, 11/18/20)
Trump Admin Hurriedly Selling ANWR Oil Leases Before Leaving Office
(Adventure Journal, 11/17/20)
Trump Team Rushes to Drill In Arctic — But Will They Fall Flat?
(Our Daily Planet, 11/17/20)
Trump Is Trying to Lease Arctic Land for Drilling Before Biden Takes Over
(VICE News, 11/17/20)
Trump administration calls for Arctic oil drilling bids in race to beat the clock before Biden takes office
(The Independent, 11/17/20)
Trump Administration, in Late Push, Moves to Sell Oil Rights in Arctic Refuge
(The New York Times, 11/16/20)
Trump administration takes steps toward refuge lease sale
(The Associated Press, 11/16/20)
Trump Rushes Environmental Regulations That Could Handcuff Biden
(Bloomberg, 11/16/20)
Trump administration to further advance lease sales at Arctic refuge: report
(The Hill, 11/13/20)
Trump administration pushes to sell Alaska oil leases pre-Biden inauguration
(Reuters, 11/13/20)
Yukon government opposes seismic testing in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
(Yukon News, 11/13/20)
With a Biden win, the window for oil drilling in Alaska’s Arctic refuge is closing
(Arctic Today, 11/10/20)
Refuge regulation changes go to public hearings
(KNBA — Alaska, 11/10/20)
Trump eyes midnight energy rules at DOE, Interior
(E&E News, 11/10/20)
Refuge regulation changes go to public hearings
(KDLL — Alaska, 11/2/20)
Southeast Alaska's Tongass National Forest exempted from national "roadless rule"
(SitNews, 10/30/20)
Protection of America’s Largest National Forest Overturned, Will Open to Logging, Road Construction
(Sunset Magazine, 10/30/20)
Trump's Interior Department Pressures Employees to Approve Seismic Testing in ANWR
(InsideClimate News, 10/29/20)
Trump Opens 9.3 Million Acres of Tongass National Forest to Logging
(Men's Health, 10/29/20)
Trump administration strips protection from US’s largest forest
(Al Jazeera, 10/29/20)
Trump administration will nix roadless limitations for Tongass forest
(Fairbanks News-Miner, 10/28/20)
Trump Guts Protections For Alaska Forest That His Hero Theodore Roosevelt Established
(HuffPost, 10/28/20)
Government approves Alaska Petroleum Reserve Willow project
(The Associated Press, 10/28/20)
ConocoPhillips Wins Key Approval for Willow Project in Alaska
(Natural Gas Intelligence, 10/28/20)
BLM releases plan for ANWR seismic exploration
(Alaska Journal of Commerce, 10/28/20)