A second oil and gas lease sale for Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge draws no bids

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

63% : Drilling advocates -- including state political leaders -- are hopeful Trump will pursue drilling in the refuge, seeing a potential to create jobs, generate additional revenue and spur U.S. oil production.
50% : And environmentalists contend the lack of interest by oil companies so far should speak volumes.
48% : Leaders of the Iñupiaq community of Kaktovik, which is within the refuge, support drilling and see responsible oil development as critical to the economic wellbeing of communities in the region.
40% : Interior Acting Deputy Secretary Laura Daniel-Davis said the lack of interest by oil companies in pursuing leases in the refuge's coastal plain "reflects what we and they have known all along - there are some places too special and sacred to put at risk with oil and gas drilling.""The oil and gas industry is sitting on millions of acres of undeveloped leases elsewhere; we'd suggest that's a prudent place to start, rather than engage further in speculative leasing in one of the most spectacular places in the world," she said in a statement.

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