Alaska: Groups Appeal Arctic Oil Drilling Decision In Chukchi Sea   A coalition of groups filed an appeal today in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals challenging the approval of Lease Sale 193, which opened for oil drilling the remote Chukchi Sea, home to iconic species such as polar bear, bowhead whale, and walrus and to a vibrant indigenous subsistence culture.   The appeal, filed by Alaska Native and conservation groups, represented by Earthjustice, is the next step in their...

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