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Interior Department Moves to Relax Rules for Drilling on Public Lands

A pair of proposals from the Trump administration would lower costs and weaken requirements for fossil fuel companies that drill on federal property.

Β© Paul Ratje for The New York Times

One proposal would lower the cost of the bonds that fossil fuel companies must pay the Interior Department before they start drilling or mining on public lands.
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ANWR Oil Draws Few Bids, Despite Trump’s Push for β€˜Liquid Gold’

An auction to drill in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge ended with just 10 percent of the available land claimed for oil development.

Β© Christopher Miller for The New York Times

Caribou on the tundra of the 1002 area of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
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