US judge scraps Trump order opening offshore Arctic areas to oil leasing
The move reinstates limits on offshore oil and gas leasing in the U.S. Beaufort and Chukchi seas put in place by former Pres. Barack Obama.
March 31, 2019
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ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A federal judge in Alaska has overturned U.S. President Donald Trump’s attempt to open vast areas of the Arctic and Atlantic oceans to oil and gas leasing.
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