Erik Grafe, Attorney, Alaska Office, Earthjustice: “Even if leases are issued by the Trump administration, the Biden administration could seek to withdraw the leases if it concludes they were unlawfully issued or pose too great a threat to the environment.”

Corinne Van Dalen, Attorney, Fossil Fuels Program, Earthjustice: “The agency findings are arbitrary and capricious. They are not supported by record evidence.”