( February 6, 2026, 8:40 AM EST) -- ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A federal judge in Alaska has denied a motion for preliminary injunction sought by Native American groups who oppose the U.S. Department of the Interior’s (DOI) plans to conduct hydraulic fracturing operations in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska (NPRA), ruling that the plaintiffs failed to satisfy even one of the “Winter factors,” which pertain to granting an injunction....