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eggplant

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6. If you win the auction, are you required to drill?

Reply to OKIsItJustMe (Original post)

Fri Jun 5, 2026, 03:35 PM

6 hrs ago

Maybe an environmental nonprofit could buy up the leases. My understanding is that nobody wants to drill in ANWR anyway because of the upfront costs and lack of a guarantee that they could continue in future administrations.

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Trump administration to auction oil drilling rights in Alaska wildlife refuge [View all] OKIsItJustMe 9 hrs ago OP

Did anyone watch "The Americas" last night on NBC narrated by Tom Hanks? Diamond_Dog 9 hrs ago #1

Are there roads leading into the refuge? Scalded Nun 8 hrs ago #2

Currently no roads in ANWR OKIsItJustMe 8 hrs ago #3

There is nothing sacred to this man, Bayard 8 hrs ago #4

I could not despise anyone more than I despise this pile of toxic waste. nt City Lights 7 hrs ago #5

Seconded! hamsterjill 6 hrs ago #7

If you win the auction, are you required to drill? eggplant 6 hrs ago #6

We, the govt, sent an activist to jail for doing that Easterncedar 6 hrs ago #8

Ridiculous that this is even happening. It seems impossible to permanently protect ANWR under American Karasu 5 hrs ago #9

they cant drill if the arctic melts. mopinko 4 hrs ago #10