April 28, 2021
Hilcorp Alaska LLC urged a federal judge to let it continue its oil and gas work while the federal government reevaluates the impact of noise pollution on an endangered beluga whale, saying the judge had only identified a "limited and discrete" error in the government's analysis that can be fixed without wiping out the underlying project authorization.
March 31, 2021
The federal government wrongly greenlit a plan for offshore oil and gas activities in southern Alaska when it authorized a set number of beluga whales in the area to be harmed without figuring in the threat posed by noisy tugboats pulling equipment, a federal judge ruled Tuesday.
July 29, 2020
Seismic testing and other oil- and gas-related activities in Alaska must be stopped because new data shows a species of whale that is already at the brink of extinction is declining at a much faster clip than previously thought, environmentalists have told an Alaska federal court.
September 05, 2019
Environmental groups have accused the federal government in Alaska federal court of improperly allowing Hilcorp Alaska LLC to conduct seismic testing and other oil- and gas-related activities they say will harm an endangered whale species.