Trump administration working on Arctic oil leases despite shutdown
Residents in the Inupiat village of Nuiqsut, where one public hearing was held, questioned BLM officials about the meeting’s legality.
January 10, 2019
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ANCHORAGE — Even as a partial shutdown halts the functions of many U.S. government departments, forcing the Department of the Interior to close national parks, the Trump administration is continuing to push for the expansion of oil drilling on sensitive, federally owned lands in Arctic Alaska.
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