ALASKA JUDGE DISMISSES CHALLENGE TO PRESIDENT TRUMP'S RESCISSION OF WITHDRAWALS AREAS OF THE OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF FROM OIL AND GAS LEASING

WASHINGTON, Aug. 28 -- The U.S. Department of Justice's Environment & Natural Resources Division issued the following news release:

The U.S. District Court for the District of Alaska earlier this week dismissed the complaint in a case challenging President Trump's rescission of Biden-era withdrawals of areas of the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) from oil and gas leasing. The court dismissed the case for lack of standing.

During his final days in office, President Biden withdrew over 600 million acres of the OCS from offshore oil and gas leasing. On his first day in office, President Trump rescinded the withdrawals, allowing those acres of the OCS to be considered in a future offshore oil and gas leasing program. A coalition of environmenta...