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Lawsuits Over Trump's Offshore Drilling Order

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Multiple groups prep for court battles that will decide fate of millions of acres of ocean — here's what's happening

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Environmental groups are suing the Trump administration after its executive order to increase offshore oil drilling off of Alaska .

In January 2025 , the Biden administration legally protected the North Bering Sea through a 1953 law called the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Lands Act .

This law allows presidents to decide to ban offshore drilling in certain waters off of the U.S. coastline without needing approval from Congress .

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