Arctic OCS is out

Judge rules as illegal Trump order canceling Obama leasing withdrawal

Alan Bailey

Petroleumnews

In a March 29 order Judge Sharon Gleason from the federal District Court in Alaska ruled as unlawful an April 2017 executive order by President Donald Trump, canceling an order issued in 2016 by President Barack Obama that designated much of the outer continental shelf of the Chukchi and Beaufort se....

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