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Alaska’s $44 billion bet on natural gas

Posted 12/22/25

This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here. An arctic wind cut across Prudhoe Bay, sending spindrifts swirling as Energy Secretary Chris Wright stepped onto a podium hastily erected among oil wells and pump stations. The gray summer sunlight scattered over ice-rimmed ponds, shadows gathering in the hollows of […]

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