Environmental organizations file lawsuit over offshore openings

Alan Bailey

for Petroleum News

On Feb. 19 a group of environmental organizations filed a lawsuit in the federal District Court in Alaska challenging President Trump's Jan. 20 executive order opening large areas of the federal outer continental shelf to oil and gas development, including areas of the Beaufort and Chukchi seas. The....

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