No bids submitted for oil and gas lease sale in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

The U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) said Wednesday that no bids were received for the oil and gas leases in the Coastal Plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska.

That is reported by Eye on the Arctic yesterday afternoon.

The deadline for submitting bids was January 6th, ahead of the auction scheduled for January 10th.

“The lack of interest from oil companies in development in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge reflects what we and they have known all along – there are some places too special and sacred to put at risk with oil and gas drilling,” Laura Daniel-Davis, the U.S. Department of the Interior`s acting deputy secretary, said. 

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