The appropriations bill asks the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee for an extra billion dollars in new revenue, which could come from oil reserves beneath the refuge.
The oil giant announced that there simply isn't enough oil and natural gas to warrant any more drilling.
Marine ecosystems are just as vulnerable to seismic noise as other types of pollution.
Drilling in the Arctic has just begun, but when it comes to the science of safety, it turns out there are still a lot of unknowns.
That means monitoring historically inactive areas, such as north central Texas, the way we now monitor earthquake-happy California.
The Department of the Interior says there’s a 75 percent chance of a major oil spill in the Arctic—and it’s willing to take that chance.