Alaska judge tosses challenge to Trump’s outer-continental-shelf rollback
A federal judge in Alaska dismissed a challenge to the president’s rescission of offshore drilling withdrawals. The ruling hands the administration a win in a fight over oil and gas leasing and its power to reopen protected waters.
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Alaska judge tosses challenge to Trump’s outer-continental-shelf rollback
A federal judge in Alaska dismissed a challenge to the president’s rescission of offshore drilling withdrawals. The ruling hands the administration a win in a fight over oil and gas leasing and its power to reopen protected waters.
A federal judge in Alaska dismissed a challenge to the president’s rescission of offshore drilling withdrawals. The ruling hands the administration a win in a fight over oil and gas leasing and its power to reopen protected waters.
A federal judge in Alaska dismissed a challenge to President Trump’s rescission of offshore withdrawal areas, handing the administration a legal win on a fight over oil-and-gas leasing in the Outer Continental Shelf.
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