Trump Admin Rolls Back Biden-Era Restrictions on Alaska Oil and Gas Drilling

Fish Creek runs through the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska on July 8, 2004. David W. Houseknecht/U.S. Geological Survey via APThe Trump administration said Nov. 13 that it has finalized a rule rescinding Biden-era restrictions on oil and gas drilling in Alaska as part of efforts to strengthen U.S. energy security.The new rule, to be published in the Federal Register on Nov. 17, will revoke the measures imposed by the Biden administration that restricted drilling in the National Petroleum Reserve on the North Slope, according to the Interior Department (DOI).