Federal judge reverses Trump environmental approval for major Alaska oil project

AlaskaPublicorg ^ | August 18, 2021 | By Nathaniel Herz,

[Common Sense 101]

Once again, an O-hole appointee...

[mykroar]

Can’t be encroaching on the Middle East’s monopoly, now can we?

[snarkytart]

not when the ruling class is getting kickbacks from it.

[Dogbert41]

They forgot to put Hunter on their board.

[rktman]

No doubt opec will make up the difference right?

[Jeff Chandler]

Judge Sharon

[NonValueAdded]

Aw, just go begging to the Saudis again even though they are likely rethinking the value of our friendship in light of current events

[Jeff Chandler]

[reed13k]

State and company should just move forward anyway

[BenLurkin]

Was her opinion based on a proposed opinion submitted by counsel for plaintiffs?

[yefragetuwrabrumuy]

So, is the state going to appeal to the 9th Circuit?

https://i.imgur.com/w8hzi11.jpg

[zek157]

Kill cheap energy and you kill the middle class and rural communities.

One job Biden is doing very well.

[Mr. Jeeves]

I heard a Chinese female judge ruled that the PLA has to stop building bases in the South China Sea due to the risk of environmental damage. No? Maybe I read it wrong. /s

[fwdude]

Who needs energy independence? Not Tali-Biden.

[steve8714]

Obama appointees have short Wiki articles. Likely that’s intentional.

[SES1066]

Note the 'value judgement' embodied here; "... the Trump administration’s approval of the project under the National Environmental Policy Act was flawed because it failed to thoroughly analyze potential greenhouse gas pollution ..". This leaves the question of what, in the opinion of U.S. District Court Judge Sharon Gleason, a thorough analysis would be?

My personal opinion is that Judge Gleason would probably opine that only a cancellation of the entire fossil fuel industry would reflect a sufficiently thorough analysis here.

[Dan in Wichita]

State and company should just move forward anyway

Yes, they should. That's what Dems do when there is a court ruling they don't like.

[qaz123]

Do I need to look her up to see who nominated her?

Soetero, Clinton, or one of the Bushes

I’m going with Soetero.

[17th Miss Regt]

It also vacates a formal opinion by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service that said the project was unlikely to jeopardize polar bears’ continued existence and unlikely to harm their critical habitat.

I thought this was interesting. Cancelling the project approval by the BLM should have done the trick. But this judge "vacates a formal opinion" by the FWS? How does that work? It is wholly unnecessary unless she wanted to ensure that if a higher court overturns her actions that the FWS will have to redo the formal opinion, requiring additional time before the project can restart.

Every energy company should be reviewing proposed energy projects to evaluate how likely that the Xiden administration will pull stuff like this.