EventU.S. Interior Department has asked the 9th U.S. Circuit Court to reverse Judge Sharon Gleason’s ruling that barred oil and gas lease sales near Teshekpuk Lake in Alaska’s National Petroleum Reserve‑Alaska. If successful, leasing could resume while litigation over a canceled Native conservation agreement continues.
The Interior Department has asked the Ninth Circuit to reverse a district court ruling that barred oil leases in part of Alaska’s National Petroleum Reserve‑Alaska near Teshekpuk Lake. If granted, leasing could resume while the broader case over a canceled Native conservation agreement proceeds.
The Interior Department is appealing a court order that halted oil lease sales in the National Petroleum Reserve‑Alaska near Teshekpuk Lake, a move that could allow drilling in an area protected under a Native conservation agreement.
