Court Halts Million-Acre Oil Lease Sale In Alaska’s Cook Inlet Due To Possible Impacts To Beluga Whales, Orders Further Environmental Review

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Environmental groups celebrated a legal victory last week when a federal district court judge overturned an offshore oil and gas lease sale in Alaska’s Cook Inlet, saying the federal government violated the law when holding the sale.

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