Federal Agencies: Injunction Sought By Willow Project Opponents Has ‘No Valid Basis’

(November 29, 2023, 2:03 PM EST) -- ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Federal agencies on Nov. 28 filed a brief in Alaska federal court contending that it should deny environmental and Native American groups’ motions for an injunction pending appeal of the court’s decision to dismiss the claims brought by the groups, which oppose the Willow Project, a hydraulic fracturing operation in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska, because the groups “have identified no valid basis” for the court to revisit its “recent and thorough analysis.”...