Trump takes big step toward drilling in Alaska’s Arctic refuge

Published December 20, 2018 7:40pm ET



The Trump administration on Thursday moved closer to its goal of oil drilling in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge by releasing an environmental analysis that lays out a plan to begin selling drilling rights.

Under the plan, rights could be sold in a small portion of the long-contested refuge as soon as next year.

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