By North Alaska News |
Sep 29, 2023
Lisa Murkowski, Senator for Alaska of U.S. Senate, www.murkowski.senate.gov/ said Alaska's political leaders, including Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan, and Representative Mary Peltola, have voiced their opposition to two decisions made by the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI). These decisions involve withdrawing millions of acres within the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska (NPR-A) and canceling leases issued to the Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority (AIDEA) for the non-wilderness Coastal Plain (1002 Area), which were awarded in early 2021. on...