Trump administration to open 13 million Alaska acres to mining, drilling

June 3, 2025

The Trump administration is planning to open millions of acres in Alaska for new oil and gas development by rolling back a Biden-era rule that Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum says prioritized “obstruction over production.”

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