Trump Administration:  Arctic Drilling Case Fails Despite Group's Additional Filing

(September 4, 2020, 7:49 AM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — The Trump administration on Aug. 10 filed a response in the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals contending that conservationists' supplemental authorities cited in opposition to offshore oil and gas exploration in the Arctic "overlook a critical distinction with this appeal" and that the groups still lack standing (League of Conservation Voters, et al. v. Donald J. Trump, et al., Nos. 19-35460, 19-35461 and 19-35462, 9th Cir.)....