Groups Sue Trump Agency for Illegal Plan to Expand Leasing, Drilling in the NPRA

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Groups Sue Trump Agency for Illegal Plan to Expand Leasing, Drilling in the NPRA

  Lawsuit charges BLM with violating NEPA, other laws in plan to hand public land to fossil fuel industry ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Six groups filed a lawsuit Monday, August 24 in U.S. District Court charging the U.S. Bureau of Land Management with breaking the law by advancing a new management plan for Alaska’s National Petroleum […]

New Legislation Would Repeal Disastrous Arctic Refuge Drilling Provision

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New Legislation Would Repeal Disastrous Arctic Refuge Drilling Provision

WASHINGTON – Tuesday, Representative Jared Huffman (D-Calif.), joined by original cosponsors Representatives Raul Grijalva (D-Ariz.), Alan Lowenthal (D-Calif.) and Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.), introduced the “Arctic Cultural and Coastal Plain Protection Act” in the U.S. House of Representatives that would repeal a provision in the controversial December tax legislation mandating drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife […]