ELR Citation: 42 ELR 20114
No(s). s. 11-72891, -72943, (9th Cir. May 25, 2012)

The Ninth Circuit dismissed environmental and Alaska Native groups' petitions challenging the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management's (BOEM's) approval of an oil company's exploration plan to drill in the Beaufort Sea. BOEM's decision that the company's exploration plan complied with the Outer Conti...