Judge Denies Groups’ Request For Injunction On Fracking In Arctic Wildlife Refuge

Mealey's (January 7, 2021, 2:07 PM EST) -- ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A federal judge in Alaska on Jan. 5 denied a motion for preliminary injunction sought by environmental groups who contend that the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) violated federal law when it approved hydraulic fracturing leases in the Coastal Plain of the Alaska National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) on grounds that they did not establish that they would suffer irreparable harm if the injunction were denied....