Inletkeeper: The Big Beautiful Cook Inlet (BBC1) Oil and Gas Lease Sale Was a Flop

March 4 — The Department of Interior announced that there were zero bids in today’s Big Beautiful Cook Inlet (BBC1) oil and gas lease sale. This lease sale, held by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), was a product of the One Big Beautiful Bill’s six mandated lease sales in Lower Cook Inlet, on which the federal government is refusing to conduct National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) reviews. The lack of industry interest in oil and gas drilling in Lower Cook Inlet has been repeatedly proven and remains true today. More DETAILS.