The U.S. Bureau of Land Management has issued the final environmental impact statement on an oil and gas drilling program for the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. The plan will open up to drilling an area spanning almost 20 million acres with the first auction scheduled for later this year, Reuters reports, quoting an official from the Ministry of the Interior. However, drilling leases would be limited to 1.56 million acres along the coast. “Affordable energy and great paying energy jobs help power our nation’s economy, which is clearly…
