AIDEA sues federal government for canceled oil and gas leases | #alaska | #politics
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) – Alaska’s top industrial agency filed a lawsuit Wednesday against the Department of Interior for what they called “illegally” canceled oil and gas leases on protected land in the state’s northern reaches. The lawsuit, filed by the Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority (AIDEA), alleges that the action the federal government took […]
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Biden cancels Arctic oil drilling leases issued under Trump. Why it matters for the environment — and the 2024 election | #alaska | #politics
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The Biden administration announced Wednesday it was canceling seven oil drilling leases sold by the Trump administration in the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR). “As the climate crisis warms the Arctic more than twice as fast as the rest of the world, we have a responsibility to protect this treasured region […]
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Federal judge rules against state agency to maintain oil and gas lease halt | #alaska | #politics
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) – A state agency that appealed a temporary moratorium on oil and gas leases on Alaska’s North Slope was denied by a federal judge Monday, preventing any development from starting in the immediate future. The ruling by United States District Judge Sharon Gleason dismissed the lawsuit filed by the Alaska Industrial Development […]
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Alaska state agency with oil leases in Arctic refuge loses legal bid to halt Biden moratorium | #alaska | #politics
Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority (AIDEA) in Midtown Anchorage on Tuesday, March 21, 2023. (Bill Roth / ADN) A federal judge in Anchorage on Monday ruled against a state agency that holds oil leases in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, saying the Biden administration’s decision in 2021 to temporarily suspend an oil and gas […]
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