Washington and other Democratic-led states drop lawsuit against Arctic refuge oil drilling in Alaska

By: James Brooks

Outlets: Alaska Beacon

Published: February 11, 2026

Words: 404

Last Updated: 3 weeks, 2 days ago

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Fifteen Democratic-led states have dropped a six-year-old lawsuit challenging the legality of a federal plan that allowed oil and gas drilling in the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska.

The states announced their plans in a notice filed Monday in the U.S. District Court for the District of Alaska, where the lawsuit was filed in February 2020.

The state of Washington was the lead plaintiff. Mike Faulk, deputy communications …

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