(September 21, 2021, 12:15 PM EDT) -- ANCHORAGE, Alaska — On Sept. 16, environmental advocacy groups sued federal agencies alleging that they violated multiple laws when they issued what is referred to as an incidental take regulation (ITR) allowing the Alaska Oil and Gas Association to “take” polar bears and walruses in relation to activities that support oil and gas exploration through hydraulic fracturing in Alaska’s Northern Slope....