Alaska Wildlife Refuge Drilling Auction Yields No Bids, US Says

(Reuters) – The U.S. Interior Department said on Wednesday that a congressionally mandated oil and gas drilling lease auction in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge received no bids from energy companies. Outgoing President Joe Biden’s administration billed the outcome as proof the 19 million-acre refuge, home to species including polar bears and Porcupine caribou, should … Read more