By Lisa Friedman The Biden administration announced new protections for 1.3 million acres in the North Slope of Alaska ... It also contains large reserves of oil and gas and was created in ...

(Bloomberg) -- The Biden administration on Friday finalized a plan to prevent oil development across more than half of the US government’s mammoth petroleum reserve in Alaska and set the stage ...

Later, it was revealed that Alaska held vast reserves of oil and natural gas. The region became strategically important for America in terms of defense and trade. Years later, when Alaska began ...