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A defeat on offshore drilling extends the Trump administration's losing streak in court

  • Written by Alejandro E. Camacho, Professor of Law and Director, Center for Land Environment, and Natural Resources, University of California, Irvine
A polar bear crosses ice In Alaska's Chukchi Sea area, where a recent court ruling bars the Trump administration from greenlighting offshore drilling.NOAA/OER/Hidden Ocean 2016:The Chukchi Borderlands

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....

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