Groups: Recent Rulings Support Claim That Trump Arctic Fracking Order Violated Law

(July 9, 2020, 2:33 PM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — Conservationists who are suing the Trump administration alleging that offshore leasing for oil and gas exploration in the Arctic is a violation of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (OCSLA), on July 7 filed supplemental briefing in the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals arguing that it should take notice of two recent rulings, which they say support their argument that Congress has exclusive power regarding the disposition of public lands (League of Conservation Voters, et al. v. Donald J. Trump, et al., Nos. 19-35460, 19-35461 and 19-35462, 9th Cir.)....

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