A new environmental study recommends additional protections for wildlife, waterways and permafrost, with new rules for a legally mandated lease sale.

The goal is limiting the footprint where seismic exploration could take place and avoiding polar bear dens and caribou calving areas, the Interior Department said

The Biden administration on Wednesday took a step to advance legally mandated drilling in an Alaska wildlife refuge — but plans to do so on the least amount of land possible. The administration said it completed the final environmental analysis for oil and gas drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge — the penultimate

The auction is slated for the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge’s coastal plain, which provides critical habitat for polar bears and other wildlife.

The Biden administration moved Wednesday to narrow the scope of an oil-and-gas lease sale in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge that was mandated under President Trump. The plan underscores how the Biden administration is racing to cement its ...