Interior releases draft environmental report on Arctic offshore drilling

The Interior Department released a draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) today on opening more than 73 million acres of the Arctic Ocean to oil and gas leasing. The areas in the Beaufort and Chukchi Seas have been available for leases in the past but have not been developed.

Libby Casey, APRN – Washington, DC

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