The Biden administration’s final oil and gas lease sale in Alaska failed to receive any bids this week, as the state sued the administration on the grounds that the auction restricted oil and gas development in the region.

The U.S. Interior Department says that no bids were submitted for this week’s oil and gas lease sale in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.

No companies bid for the chance to drill in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. It was the second auction in four years that failed to draw strong interest.

The state of Alaska has been the biggest fan of oil and gas drilling in the refuge. It says this lease sale is designed to discourage development.

The U.S. state of Alaska has sued the Biden administration for what it calls violations of a Congressional directive to allow oil and gas development in a portion of the federal Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR).

No oil or gas company sought to drill in a contentious wildlife refuge in Alaska, the Interior Department announced Wednesday. As required by a 2017 law, the Biden administration offered the

A sale to drill on the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge yielded no bids this week, the Interior Department announced — capping off decades of debate over the drilling in the vast wildlife refuge. The White House drew ire from environmental groups when it announced last month that it would proceed with a congressionally mandated oil sale on the Alaska refuge.

The U.S. Interior Department said on Wednesday that a congressionally mandated oil and gas drilling lease auction in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge received no bids from energy companies.

Alaska on Wednesday sued the Biden administration over restrictions the federal government imposed in December on oil and gas leases in the Arctic set for auction this week. The lawsuit alleges the restrictions,