A federal judge has refused to block a winter oil and gas exploration project in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska that opponents said was improperly analyzed by the federal government.

A federal judge has upheld the Biden administration’s approval of the Willow oil-drilling project on Alaska’s remote North Slope, a massive project that drew the ire of environmentalists who accused the president of backpedaling on his pledge to combat climate change.

Opponents of a major oil project on Alaska's petroleum-rich North Slope lost the first round of their legal battle over the Willow project but said they would not give up.

The National Park Service is proposing a rule that would prohibit bear baiting in national preserves in Alaska.

A federal judge in Anchorage has thrown out Trump administration approvals for a large planned oil project.