The Arctic is emerging as a maritime crossroads where environmental risk, economic ambition and intensifying geopolitical competition converge.

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Trump administration finalizes Arctic Refuge drilling plan Move fulfills GOP pledge to expand U.S. energy production Gwich’in communities oppose drilling on sacred lands Conservationists vow lawsuits ...

Environmental groups are restarting a stalled legal fight with the Interior Department over its renewed plan to drill for oil and gas in the coastal plain of Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.

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JUNEAU, Alaska — The Trump administration on Thursday finalized plans to open the coastal plain of Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to potential oil and gas drilling, renewing a long-simmering ...