Groups Stipulate To Dismissal Of Case About Drilling In National Petroleum Reserve

( March 9, 2026, 9:23 AM EDT) -- ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Native American and environmental groups on March 6 filed a stipulation of voluntary dismissal in Alaska federal court ending their lawsuit against the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) related to the groups’ opposition to the DOI’s plans to conduct hydraulic fracturing operations in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska (NPRA)....