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Lawsuit Challenges Massive Oil, Gas Sale Over Harms to Western Arctic Public Lands, Climate
ANCHORAGE, Alaska— Two conservation groups are suing today over a massive oil and gas lease sale in the Western Arctic that was recently announced by the Bureau of Land Management.
Read more.Lawsuit Launched to Challenge Liberty Offshore Drilling Lease Extensions in Arctic
ANCHORAGE, Alaska— The Center for Biological Diversity and Sovereign Iñupiat for a Living Arctic sent a notice today of their intent to sue the federal government for granting Hilcorp Alaska LLC an extension for expired oil and gas drilling leases in the Arctic Ocean. The leases are for the proposed Liberty Unit project, which would be in federal waters.
Read more.Legal Filing Challenges Trump Approval of Ambler Mining Road Through National Preserve
ANCHORAGE, Alaska— Ten groups filed an amended and supplemental complaint today challenging the Trump administration’s 2025 decisions to reinstate unlawful permits for the proposed Ambler road.
Read more.Legal Action Challenges Arctic Refuge Drilling Plan
WASHINGTON— Conservation groups today brought new legal claims in an ongoing lawsuit challenging the Interior Department’s latest push to open the entire 1.56‑million‑acre Coastal Plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil and gas leasing.
Read more.Lawsuit Challenges Federal Approval of Harmful Oil Exploration in Alaska’s Western Arctic
ANCHORAGE, Alaska— Conservation groups and an Iñupiat-led grassroots organization filed a lawsuit today seeking to overturn the Trump administration’s approval of ConocoPhillips’ winter seismic and exploration drilling program in the Western Arctic.
Read more.Lawsuit Challenges Destructive Road in Alaska’s Izembek Refuge
ANCHORAGE, Alaska— The Native Village of Hooper Bay, the Native Village of Paimiut, Chevak Native Village, and the Center for Biological Diversity sued the Trump administration today for deciding to trade federally protected wilderness to pave the way for a road through Alaska’s Izembek National Wildlife Refuge.
Read more.Lawsuit Challenges Alaska Board of Game Plan to Gun Down Bears
ANCHORAGE, Alaska— The Alaska Wildlife Alliance and the Center for Biological Diversity sued the Alaska Board of Game today for violating the Alaska Constitution when adopting a predator control program authorizing the killing of an unlimited number of brown and black bears across 40,000 square miles in southwestern Alaska.
Read more.Trump Administration OKs Destructive Land Swap for Alaska’s Izembek Refuge
ANCHORAGE, Alaska— The Trump administration today approved a deal trading away federal lands to pave the way for building a road through the center of Alaska’s Izembek National Wildlife Refuge.
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