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Lawsuit over Arctic offshore oil prospect says resurrection of leases was illegal

States Newsroom · November 14, 2026

Environmental and Alaska Native groups have sued the Trump administration over a U.S. Department of the Interior decision to revive oil leases that were terminated in 2024 for lack of progress in bringing a long-languishing offshore Arctic prospect into production. The Center for Biological Diversity and Sovereign…

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Lawsuit over Arctic offshore oil prospect says resurrection of leases was illegal

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