Why the US Interior Department’s ‘lease everything’ approach to offshore oil drilling in Alaska backfired
ANALYSIS: Secretary Ryan Zinke's plan to throw open nearly all of Alaska's waters to drilling failed so badly to grasp basics of oil exploration in Alaska that the state's Congressional delegation, some of the strongest backers of oil drilling, soon asked that 11 of 19 proposed sales be removed.
When the U.S. Department of Interior announced on Jan. 4 that it would consider opening nearly all of the waters off the coast of Alaska to offshore oil exploration — nearly 1 billion acres — it was unveiling the most aggressive plan for offshore development we’ve seen in Alaska.
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