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iPolitics By Quinn Barrie-Watts. Published on Dec 16, 2020 11:27am The Lead   Yesterday, environmental and Native groups filed three cases with a federal court in Anchorage, Alaska. Their cases seek to prevent the United States’ Interior Department from hastily opening the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) to oil and gas exploration before the end of Donald Trump’s presidency. Four lawsuits have been filed since August. The court cases’ motions are also seeking a preliminary injunction to block the lease sales, auctioning fossil-fuel drilling rights, of the Trump administration. Furthermore, the plaintiffs are requesting a court order barring permits required for seismic operations. According to critics, such operations are “disruptive to resident populations of polar bears listed as a threatened species due to climate change.” In response, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service says the “seismic disturbances to bears would be minimal,” Reuters report

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