Federal judge upholds pause on pre-development oil work in Arctic refuge

Proponents and opponents are still awaiting a new environmental analysis that could permanently halt or change plans to drill there

By James Brooks, Alaska Beacon August 8, 2023
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A federal judge has upheld decisions by President Joe Biden and the Department of the Interior that temporarily suspended work needed to open the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil and gas drilling.

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