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ConocoPhillips $2B Alaska Plan Halted For 9th Circ. Review
Law360 (February 16, 2021, 3:45 PM EST) The Ninth Circuit has granted a bid to bar work on ConocoPhillips massive oil and gas drilling project in Alaska s National Petroleum Reserve until the circuit court determines whether the challenge is tardy under federal law created to keep oil and gas leasing in the area competitive.
In a weekend order, U.S. Circuit Judges William C. Canby and Michelle T. Friedland granted an emergency motion to forbid construction on ConocoPhillips over $2 billion drilling operation, known as the Willow Project, that was lodged by Sovereign Iñupiat for a Living Arctic and eight other environmental groups including the Sierra Club and Center for.
Conservation groups say a large-scale oil drilling project on 1.2 million acres in northern Alaska will exacerbate climate change and harm endangered species.
This undated aerial file photo provided by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service shows a herd of caribou on the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in northeast Alaska. (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service via AP, File)
(CN) A federal judge has temporarily halted construction of a massive oil and gas drilling project in northern Alaska after conservation groups asked the Ninth Circuit on Friday to block the “environmentally reckless” plan.
The Center for Biological Diversity and its allies filed their Ninth Circuit appeal on Feb. 5 after U.S. District Judge Sharon Gleason, a Barack Obama appointee, denied the groups’ motion for a preliminary injunction four days earlier.
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9th Circ. Won t Rethink Alaska Drilling Project Approval Suit
Law360 (December 22, 2020, 11:07 PM EST) The Ninth Circuit on Tuesday rejected a rehearing bid by five environmental groups that had asked it to reconsider its ruling that a government agency lawfully approved ConocoPhillips Co. s massive oil and gas project in Alaska s National Petroleum Reserve.
A three-judge panel in July upheld an Alaska federal court s decision that found the Bureau of Land Management had enough backing to issue its approval, since the U.S. Department of the Interior, of which the bureau is a part, had previously issued an environmental impact statement for the area.