In 2015, the name of the peak was changed during the Obama administration to reflect the traditions of Alaska Natives and preference of many Alaskans.
Energy company CEO Chris Wright accepts climate science and believes technology is key. So does Murkowski. Both embrace "all of the above" solutions — including oil.
A sweeping executive order signed by President Donald Trump during the first hours of his second term aims to boost Alaska’s natural resource industry by reversing environmental protections that limit oil and gas extraction, logging, and other development projects across the state.
President Donald Trump announced the name change during his inaugural address, along with renaming the Gulf of Mexico to the “Gulf of America”.
Trump on Monday also signed an executive order to overturn a limit on oil and natural gas leasing in the Bering Sea, which Biden signed on Jan. 6 as part of a broader drilling moratorium. Because the former president used the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act for the ban, it would likely require an act of Congress to change.
President Donald Trump’s picks to lead major executive branch departments were grilled by U.S. Senate members, including Republican Sens. Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan of Alaska.
Lisa Murkowski lauded his enthusiasm for affordable ... She said it was cold in Washington, D.C. that day, while temperatures in Alaska were too high. "We’re seeing changes that are detrimental ...
President Donald Trump pardoned more than 1,000 people this week who were charged in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, some of those very same people Alaska Sens. Dan Sullivan and Lisa Murkowski ran from.
The woman who presided over the U.S. Coast Guard’s placement of an icebreaker in Juneau was fired on President Donald Trump’s first day back in the White House. Adm. Linda Fagan, commandant of the Coast Guard, was relieved of her duties for reasons not specified by Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Benjamine Huffman.
The president made the name change through one of dozens of executive orders he signed on Monday. Former President Barack Obama’s administration ordered that the mountain be renamed as Denali in 2015.
On his first day back in office, President Trump signed an executive order that aims to undo most of his predecessor’s work on Alaska energy and environmental issues. The order entitled “Unleashing Alaska’s Extraordinary Resource Potential” was among dozens Trump signed.
Senator Lisa Murkowski engaged with Energy Secretary nominee Chris Wright, commending his deep expertise in energy and focus on affordability and innovation. Highlighting Alaska's unique energy challenges and potential,