Natural Resources

"Trump Is ‘Sympathetic’ To Executive Order On Alaskan Drilling, Senator Says"

"President-elect Donald Trump appears “very sympathetic” to requests to issue an executive order reversing many of President Joe Biden’s energy policies in Alaska, Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) said in an interview Thursday, a move with sweeping implications for oil and gas drilling on millions of acres of federal lands in the state."

Source: Washington Post, 01/10/2025

Biden FWS Declines To Remove Grizzly Bears From Endangered List

"The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) will keep endangered species protections for grizzly bears in place in most of the western U.S., the agency announced Wednesday, rebuffing states that petitioned for their removal."

Source: The Hill, 01/09/2025

"Trump Wants Oil Drilling in Alaska. A Lease Sale There Just Flopped."

"One of President-elect Donald J. Trump’s biggest “drill, baby, drill” initiatives suffered a significant setback on Wednesday as the Interior Department announced that a lease sale in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge ended without a single bidder."

Source: NYTimes, 01/09/2025

"Why Does Trump Want Greenland?"

"President-elect Donald J. Trump’s attention returned Tuesday to an idea that has fascinated him for years: acquiring Greenland for the United States. In a news conference on Tuesday, he refused to rule out using military or economic force to take the territory from Denmark, a U.S. ally."

Source: NYTimes, 01/08/2025

"Border Agency Seeks Solutions With Mexico on Water, Sewage Problems"

"On the U.S.-Mexico border, the International Boundary and Water Commission has the unglamorous job of stopping sewage flows and negotiating water disputes. Commissioner Maria-Elena Giner has earned allies in long-standing border conflicts, a job that won’t get any easier under Trump."

Source: Inside Climate News, 01/07/2025

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