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U.S. appeals court throws Arctic drilling into further doubt
2014-01-23 07:38:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: A federal appeals court ruled Wednesday that the U.S. Interior Department wrongly awarded offshore oil leases in the Chukchi Sea near Alaska in 2008 without considering the full range of environmental risks posed by drilling in the Arctic. A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals sent the on-going dispute - pitting environmental groups and Native Alaska tribes against the federal government and energy companies - back to U.S. District in Anchorage, Alaska. It was not immediately...
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