Court ruling on offshore Arctic leasing creates new obstacle for planned Beaufort sale

A recent ruling upholding Obama-era restrictions on oil leases in the sea could send Trump administration officials back to the drawing board.

By Yereth Rosen April 4, 2019
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A planned oil and gas lease sale in the Beaufort Sea off northern Alaska is in legal limbo now that a federal judge has invalidated President Trump’s 2017 order opening up all federal Arctic waters to oil development.

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