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The court’s decision means ConocoPhillips Alaska can forge ahead with cold-weather construction work

Judge said the groups did not succeed in showing it would cause irreparable harm before she makes a decision on the merits of the cases.

Environmentalists worry that the project could affect caribou and polar bears.

Construction can proceed related to a major oil project on Alaska's petroleum-rich North Slope after a federal judge on Monday rejected requests to halt

The Willow project is in the northeast portion of the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska, where there has been debate over how much of the region should be available for oil and gas development

Opponents of a major oil project on Alaskas petroleum-rich North Slope lost the first...

JUNEAU, Alaska — Construction can proceed related to a major oil project on Alaska’s petroleum-rich North Slope after a federal judge on Monday rejected requests to halt work until challenges to the B

ConocoPhillips Alaska can forge ahead with cold-weather construction work.

Environmentalists lost the first round of their legal battle over a major oil project on Alaskas petroleum-rich North Slope on Monday as a judge rejected their requests to halt immediate construction work related to the Willow project, but they vowed not to give up.

The court’s decision means ConocoPhillips Alaska can forge ahead with cold-weather construction work