- Washington AG Nick Brown is leading a coalition alongside 13 other AGs in filing an amicus brief supporting three lawsuits challenging the Trump Administration’s authorization of an oil and gas program to develop the Coastal Plain area of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska.
- The amicus briefs have been filed in three separate lawsuits filed by Alaska communities, Native villages, and environmental non-profit organizations. The AGs argue that expanding oil and gas development in an area where industrial development is not common will harm the state’s migratory birds and increase greenhouse gas emissions, thus worsening environmental impacts and climate change.
- The coalition argues that the Bureau of Land Management failed to complete an environmental review under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and is not in compliance with National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act (Refuge Act) requirements.