ALASKA WILDERNESS LEAGUE v. JEWELL

No. 13-35866.

788 F.3d 1212 (2015)

ALASKA WILDERNESS LEAGUE; Center for Biological Diversity, Inc.; Greenpeace, Inc.; National Audobon Society, Inc.; Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc.; Ocean Conservancy, Inc.; Oceana, Inc.; Pacific Environment and Resources Center; REDOIL, Inc.; Sierra Club, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Sally JEWELL, Secretary of the Interior; Brian Salerno, Director of Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement; Mark Fesmire, Regional Director of Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement, Alaska Region, Defendants-Appellees, Shell Gulf of Mexico Inc.; Shell Offshore Inc., Intervenor-Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed June 11, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Holly A. Harris (argued), Brettny E. Hardy , and Eric P. Jorgensen , Earthjustice, Juneau, AK, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Maggie B. Smith (argued), Attorney; Robert G. Dreher , Acting Assistant Attorney General, and David B. Glazer , Bridget Kennedy McNeil , Kent E. Hanson , and David C. Shilton , Attorneys, United States Department of Justice, Environment and Natural Resources Division, Washington, D.C.; Sarah Doverpike , Office of the Solicitor, Department of the Interior, Washington, D.C., for Defendants-Appellees Sally Jewell, Brian Salerno, and Mark Fesmire.

Kathleen Sullivan (argued), William B. Adams , and David S. Mader , Quinn Emmanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP, New York, NY; Kyle W. Parker , Crowell & Moring LLP, Anchorage, AK, for Intervenors-Defendants-Appellees.

Dissent by Judge D.W. NELSON.


OPINION

Shell Gulf of Mexico Inc. and Shell Offshore Inc. (collectively "Shell") for many years have sought to develop offshore oil and gas resources in the remote Beaufort and Chukchi seas on Alaska's Arctic coast. Shell secured leases for the Beaufort Sea in 2005 and 2007, and the Chukchi Sea in 2008, but its exploration...

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