Not so fast: Trump’s Alaska drilling study slammed by US wildlife regulator

WASHINGTON: The Trump administration failed to adequately consider oil spills, climate change and the welfare of polar bears in its expedited study of proposed drilling in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, according to comments published by the US Fish and Wildlife Service this week.

The Fish & Wildlife Service said the ANWR Coastal Plain draft environmental impact study failed to include oil spill response plans, analyze the effects of climate change on the Arctic, or ensure that surveys of polar bear denning habitats are required. "The Service has managed the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and its resources for several decades and has information and expertise that is valuable in formulating a final EIS that can withstand the scrutiny of legal sufficiency," the agency's Alaska director Gregory Sikanie wrote.The Fish & Wildlife Service declined to provide further comment.

BLM completed the draft environmental impact study at the end of December, after Trump expressed an interest in opening the zone to drilling. The comment period ended on March 13.

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