Judge: No Imminent Harm Shown In Challenge Of EO Reopening Outer Continental Shelf

( September 2, 2026, 9:31 AM EDT) -- ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A lawsuit by environmental groups challenging President Donald J. Trump’s executive order (EO) reopening areas of the outer continental shelf (OCS) fails to show “substantial risk of imminent harm” off the shores of Alaska, a federal judge in that state ruled, granting the federal government parties’ motion to dismiss....