![New US government rule cuts back on oil and gas activities in Alaska reserve](https://www.jurist.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2024/04/BLM_Summer_Roadtrip-_Wildlife_in_the_National_Petroleum_Reserve-Alaska_19160621310.jpeg)
The US Department of the Interior announced a new rule on Friday that limits future oil and gas activities in Alaska’s National Petroleum Reserve, which spans 23 million acres. The rule amends existing federal regulations that the Bureau of Land Management uses to protect the reserve from environmental harm and gives the bureau more authority [...]