Federal Agencies Say Groups Lack Standing To Oppose Fracking ‘Take’ Decision

Mealey's (December 10, 2021, 7:36 AM EST) -- ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Federal agencies on Nov. 16 filed an answer in Alaska federal court contending that environmental groups lack standing and fail to state a claim in their challenge to the incidental take regulation (ITR) issued by those same federal agencies that allows the Alaska Oil and Gas Association (AOGA) to “take” polar bears and walruses to pursue hydraulic fracturing in Alaska’s Northern Slope....