EnergyWire: The Obama administration's decision last week to impose new barriers on oil and gas exploration in the American Arctic is intensifying the heated dispute over federal management of Alaska's energy-rich lands and waters.
Interior Secretary Sally Jewell angered Alaska officials and oil industry groups when she scrapped the department's plans to sell oil and gas leases in the Beaufort and Chukchi seas over the next two years.
She also rejected requests by Royal Dutch Shell PLC and Statoil for...