ELR Citation: 49 ELR 20051
No(s). 3:17-cv-00101-SLG (D. Alaska Mar 29, 2019) (Gleason, J.)

A district court vacated a provision of President Trump's 2017 Executive Order that reopened Alaska's Beaufort and Chukchi seas and canyon areas in the Atlantic Ocean to oil and gas exploration. Environmental groups argued the president did not have authority under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands ...