A Defeat on Offshore Drilling Extends the Trump Administration's Losing Streak in Court

Center for Progressive Reform 2019-05-22

Summary:

The Trump administration's push to boost fossil fuel extraction has received a major setback. On March 29, Judge Sharon Gleason of the U.S. District Court for Alaska ruled invalid Trump's order lifting a ban on oil and gas drilling in much of the the Arctic Ocean and along parts of the North Atlantic coast. Gleason held that the relevant law -- the 1953 Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act -- authorizes presidents to withdraw offshore lands from use for energy development, but not to reverse such decisions by past administrations.

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Authors:

Alejandro Camacho

Date tagged:

05/22/2019, 17:51

Date published:

04/11/2019, 09:45