Groups in Alaska have sued the U.S. Interior Department to block an offshore oil and gas lease sale that residents say threatens Arctic marine wildlife and the traditional Inupiat Eskimo way of life.
The North Slope Borough and the Alaska Eskimo Whaling Commission, in a lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Anchorage on Tuesday, claim [...]

House Republicans dumped a plan Tuesday to vote on a Senate proposal to open up more of the eastern Gulf of Mexico to oil and gas exploration.
But drilling supporters vowed to raise the issue again today, hoping to pass a bill before the 109th Congress comes to a close and Democrats take control of Capitol [...]

A long-awaited federal decision that would open the Roan Plateau to natural drilling includes compromises that make the land “much less economically attractive,” an industry group said Thursday.
The Bureau of Land Management’s plan to open up the Western Slope site includes measures that would prolong the effective drilling period for decades, according to the Colorado [...]