More Than 5 Years On, Tribal Groups Amend Federal Fracking Lease Complaint

( January 27, 2026, 1:48 PM EST) -- ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Native American tribal groups have filed an amended and supplemental complaint in Alaska federal court in a legal proceeding that began in 2020 challenging the U.S. Department of the Interior’s (DOI) approval of an oil and gas leasing program on the Coastal Plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (Arctic Refuge) on grounds that it violates numerous federal laws....

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