Lawsuit aims to stall development in Alaskan reserve

Environmental groups are suing the U.S. Interior Department to block expanded oil and gas exploration in an ecologically sensitive area of Alaska’s North Slope. The 18-page lawsuit filed Friday in U.S. District Court in Juneau focuses on the government’s decision in January to allow drillers to lease previously closed land in the northeastern corner of the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska.

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