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Trump exempts oil exploration in Arctic petroleum reserve from environmental reviews

The Trump administration Thursday announced it would exempt some Arctic oil and gas exploration activities from environmental reviews. The Interior Department issued a notice exempting wintertime oil and gas exploration in the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska from the reviews. The exemption will apply to seismic surveys to assess where oil is…

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