API: Alaska needs permitting exemption

In suit against Department of Interior, API says ‘Alaska gap’ in Interior’s interim rule requires permitting of greenhouse gases

Alan Bailey

Petroleum News

Before anyone in Alaska fires up their furnace this winter they might want to consider that under the U.S. Department of Interior’s interim rule listing the polar bear as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act, any activity in Alaska that creates greenhouse gases will likely require a....