Sale of Arctic oil leases goes bust -- Salon

The federal oil-lease sale promoted as the largest ever in Alaska's Arctic Reserve sold only seven tracts, or 0.8% of the 900 tracts offered, undercutting Republican arguments that they can help pay for their proposed $1.5 trillion tax cuts for the wealthy by selling oil leases in the Alaskan wilderness. ....
https://www.salon.com/2017/12/09/sale-of-arctic-oil-leases-goes-bust_partner/