The state challenged the Federal Subsistence Board’s authority to open an emergency hunt aimed at helping people in Kake get food in the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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US Supreme Court questions Alaska campaign limits in sending case back to lower court
While an appeals court had upheld the law, the Supreme Court vacated that ruling. The justices told the appeals judges to reconsider the case.
Dunleavy, DEC commissioner tour Palmer Project as agency reconsiders key permit
The unannounced visit came as state regulators reconsider a wastewater permit for the proposed metals mine north of Haines.
Feds withdraw appeal of Izembek Refuge road decision
For now, that leaves in place a federal judge’s decision blocking a land exchange for a road through the Izembek National Wildlife Refuge.
Can the youth climate lawsuit go to trial? A federal appeals court will rule.
“The courts’ view of it is that the case is unusual enough and novel enough that it would be wise to resolve some of the legal uncertainty before trial rather than after,” said environmental law professor Sean Hecht.
Interior: Arctic Refuge lease sale still on track for 2019
The Trump administration remains on track to hold an oil lease sale in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge this year, a top Interior Department official confirmed Thursday.
Trump administration appeals ruling that blocked Arctic offshore drilling
The Trump administration Tuesday appealed a federal court decision that blocked plans to reopen vast portions of Alaska’s Arctic waters to oil drilling.
A judge blocked a Trump plan for a controversial road through an Alaska wildlife refuge. Now the administration is appealing.
The Trump administration is appealing a court ruling that blocked plans to build a long-sought road through the Izembek National Wildlife Refuge.
Chilkat Indian Village of Klukwan and environmental groups appeal decision in mining case
A federal judge ruled in March that the Bureau of Land Management doesn’t have to consider future mine impacts when permitting for exploration.
Another federal appeals court says Trump’s travel ban should remain on hold
The 9th Circuit largely upheld an injunction that blocks key portions of the president’s travel ban from going into effect. The decision comes weeks after a similar opinion from the 4th Circuit.