Group launches campaign to keep Arctic in oil lease plan

20 groups are launching a media campaign to keep Arctic leases in the federal lease plan. Image from Arctic Energy Center.Alaska and national business and labor groups launched a media campaign Monday to keep Arctic areas in the next five-year federal offshore leasing plan.
Twenty groups organized as the Arctic Coalition are urging the Obama administration to retain a Beaufort Sea lease sale in 2020 and a Chukchi Sea lease sale in 2022.
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A decision is expected before the end of the yea