( July 10, 2026, 9:46 AM EDT) -- ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A federal judge in Alaska granted stipulated dismissal of two lawsuits that separately challenged the U.S. Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) 2024 record of decision (ROD) issued during the Biden administration that restricted hydraulic fracturing in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) after BLM reached a settlement with the plaintiffs, admitting that the 2024 ROD violated the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 by “preventing meaningful leasing, exploration, and development of oil and gas on the Coastal Plain, as Congress mandated.”...