Isabella Kaminski
US: Groups drop challenge to ConocoPhillips drilling in Alaska
Environmental and tribal groups have dropped their legal challenge toĀ federal government approval of ConocoPhillipsā winter seismic and exploration drilling programme in Alaska.
On 26 November, the Bureau of Land ManagementĀ approvedĀ a one-year exploration programme by the company ConocoPhillips in theĀ National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska, following the administration's