Arctic Refuge Oil Surveys Put Polar Bears in the Crosshairs  EcoWatchAs the Trump administration and its friends in the oil sector prepare to shatter the wintry silence of the Arctic Refuge with major industrial operations in just a few ... Read …

Russia says oil price war with U.S. would be too costly  Kitco NewsDAVOS, Switzerland (Reuters) - Russia should not unleash an oil price war against the United States but rather stick with output cuts even at the cost of losing ... Read more htt …

BloombergTrump Proposes Opening Almost All US Coastal Waters to Oil DrillingBloomberg“The administration's backward-looking approach puts oil and gas profits first -- and will place our coastal communities and all they support at risk of the next BP-st …

BloombergTax Bill Opens Arctic Refuge for Oil, But Years of Delay May FollowBloombergCongress is close to lifting a 40-year-old ban on energy development in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, but drilling for oil in that frozen wilderness may st …

New York TimesAn Alaska Senator Wants to Fight Climate Change and Drill for Oil, TooNew York TimesClimate change is real and demands a policy response,” Mr. Taylor said. Of Senator Murkowski, he added, “Her skepticism is about that policy response. Anythin …

Next Big FutureLow oil prices prove how wrong Obama was yet againNew York PostWith oil prices struggling to rebound after hitting a three-month low last week, Americans are getting yet another reminder of just how wrong President Barack Obama was about dri …

Alaska Dispatch News'Sleeping dog' oil tax policy is exactly the wrong approach for AlaskaAlaska Dispatch NewsIf the final product of the 2017 Legislature relies entirely on Permanent Fund earnings, with a big dividend cut and nothing from the oil …

SalonThere's a lot more oil to keep in the ground all of a suddenSalonThere's a lot more oil to keep in the ground all of a sudden EnlargeFILE - In this Feb. 13, 2017, aerial file photo shows the site where the final phase of the Dakota Access Pipe …

Must Read Alaska (blog)Production-killing oil tax bill advances in the HouseMust Read Alaska (blog)An aggressive oil tax bill crafted by the co-chairs of the House Resources Committee was voted out of committee this week and is headed for its next stop, Ho …

Business InsiderEfforts to set a $70 floor for oil might be doomed from the startBusiness InsiderHOUSTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - The safe money for oil traders is betting that Venezuela's plan to resurrect OPEC's old price band mechanism, attempting t …