As of January 2026, conservation groups filed an amended complaint in the U.S. District Court for Alaska, challenging the Interior Department’s recent move to open the 1.56-million-acre Coastal Plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil and gas leasing. This updates a 2020 lawsuit and includes new claims against the October 2025 decision to allow leasing. For more details, please read the article “Groups Challenge Arctic Refuge Leases and Drilling Plan.”