Support CleanTechnica's work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. Or support our Kickstarter campaign! WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Department of the Interior announced today it would revoke two public land orders to open more than two million acres of public lands in Alaska to drilling and mining. In an announcement late ... [continued]

In an announcement late Friday afternoon, Interior Secretary Doug Burgum issued an order rescinding two land withdrawals north of the Yukon River in Alaska, in an area long prized by the oil and gas industry. The now-rescinded public land orders date to the 1970s.