In a move to enhance oil and gas production, three cabinet officials from the Trump administration are in Alaska to engage with state and local leaders.
The visit by Department of Interior Secretary Doug Burgum, Environment Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin, and Energy Secretary Chris Wright comes after President Donald Trump’s recent executive order aimed at increasing oil and gas drilling, mining, and logging activities in Alaska.
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Their agenda includes discussions on oil drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and a long-delayed natural gas project. The officials are also scheduled to visit the Prudhoe Bay oil field, located near the Arctic O