Federal Court Reverses Offshore Oil Lease Sale That Threatened Belugas off Alaska's Coast
July 17, 2024
July 17, 2024
SAN FRANCISCO, California, July 17 [Category: Environment] -- Earthjustice issued the following news release:
Anchorage, AK National and community-based environmental groups celebrated a legal victory on Tuesday, when a federal district court judge overturned an offshore oil-and-gas lease sale in Alaska's Cook Inlet because the federal government violated the law when holding the sale. Lease Sale 258, held by the Department of Interior in December 2022, opened nearly a million acres . . .
Anchorage, AK National and community-based environmental groups celebrated a legal victory on Tuesday, when a federal district court judge overturned an offshore oil-and-gas lease sale in Alaska's Cook Inlet because the federal government violated the law when holding the sale. Lease Sale 258, held by the Department of Interior in December 2022, opened nearly a million acres . . .