Mealey's (November 5, 2021, 2:58 PM EDT) -- ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The Alaska Oil and Gas Association (AOGA) on Nov. 3 filed an answer in Alaska federal court arguing that it should dismiss the lawsuit brought by environmental groups that challenge the incidental take regulation (ITR) issued by federal agencies that allows the AOGA to “take” polar bears and walruses to pursue hydraulic fracturing in Alaska’s Northern Slope on grounds that the court lacks jurisdiction....