Environmentalists criticize Trump administration push for new oil and gas drilling in Alaska
June 3, 2025
Top Trump administration officials on Tuesday headlined an energy conference led by the state’s Republican governor. Environmentalists criticized the event as promoting new oil and gas drilling and turning away from the climate crisis. Several dozen protesters were outside Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s annual Alaska Sustainable Energy Conference in Anchorage. Inside, U.S. Interior Secretary Doug Burgum, Energy Secretary Chris Wright and Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin were featured speakers. The federal officials were continuing a multiday trip aimed at highlighting President Donald Trump’s push to expand oil and gas drilling, mining and logging in the state.
