Published On: July 18th, 2024Categories: Alaska News

Judge suspends controversial federal Cook Inlet lease sale, citing i...

gray whales, seen from above
A Cook Inlet beluga whale mother and calf (Hollis Europe and Jacob Barbaro/NOAA Fisheries)

A federal judge is sending Interior Department officials back to the drawing board after concluding a Cook Inlet oil and gas lease sale didn’t adequately consider the possible impacts on endangered beluga whales in the area.

The ruling temporarily suspends a lease held…

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