Legal Opinion
Northern Alaska Environmental Center v. Kempthorne
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided July 25, 2006No. 05-35085PublishedCited by 107 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SCHROEDER, Chief Judge.
Since the administration of President Warren G. Harding, the United States has looked to the petroleum and natural gas resources underlying the wilderness of Northern Alaska, but development has come slowly. The frigid region is far reaching and so is the range of wildlife that inhabits it.
The government now proposes to lease vast reaches of the northernmost part of the state, known as the Northwest Planning Area (“NWPA”). In this litigation, a group of environmental plaintiffs have challenged the adequacy of the Final Environmental Impact Statement (“FEIS”) prepared by…
2Cases cited15 opinions
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