Knik Arm Services owner Mark Graber said it no longer felt worth it to hold onto the lease amid the legal battles. It’s another blow for drilling advocates hoping to develop the northernmost slice of the Arctic refuge.
The Porcupine Caribou Herd in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge on July 3, 2019.
It’s another blow for drilling advocates hoping to develop the northernmost slice of the refuge, called the coastal plain, in northeast Alaska. Environmental groups celebrated the news Monday.
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