Alaska political leaders hope to see Trump undo restrictions on oil drilling - WTOP News

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

52% : While voters "might not have been head over heels" for Trump, "they appreciated that his policies, when they come to resource development, are clearly policies that work to benefit an economy like Alaska's," Trump critic U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski told reporters.
51% : On Saturday, Trump named Chris Wright -- a campaign donor, fossil fuel executive and vocal advocate of oil and gas development -- to serve as energy secretary in his second administration.
47% : In a video posted on X by Republican Gov. Mike Dunleavy, Trump said he would work to ensure a natural gas pipeline project long sought by state political leaders is built.
44% : The question of drilling on the refuge's coastal plain, as Trump sought to do during his first term, also divides Alaska Native communities.
31% : Environmentalists and climate scientists have pushed for a phase-out of fossil fuels to avert the worst consequences of climate change.
23% : Dunleavy said Trump could undo restrictions imposed by the Biden administration on new oil and gas leasing on 13 million acres (5.3 million hectares) of the petroleum reserve.

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