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2016年5月15日，美国华盛顿拉斐特公园，环保活动人士在抗议活动中反对近海钻井。路透社/约书亚·罗伯茨 档案照片
纽约8月24日 路透社 —— 阿拉斯加一名联邦法官周一驳回了环保团体提起的诉讼，该诉讼旨在挑战唐纳德·特朗普总统允许在大片此前受保护的海岸沿线开展近海钻井的举措。
美国地区法官莎伦·L·格里森认为，包括北阿拉斯加环保中心在内的环保团体提起的诉讼为时过早，因为特朗普前任政府划定为禁采区的联邦海域目前尚无迫在眉睫的钻井计划。
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格里森并未就总统是否有权撤销前任政府划定的沿海钻井禁采区作出裁决，并为环保团体重新提起诉讼留有余地。
代理此案的 advocacy 团体地球正义在一份声明中表示，该团体仍认为特朗普的举措非法，且一旦联邦官员推进近海钻井计划，该团体将重新提起诉讼。
“我们对法院认定近海钻井活动尚未迫在眉睫感到失望，”该团体在声明中说道。“本届政府一直在尽其所能开放我们的海岸用于化石燃料开发。我们仍坚持认为，特朗普总统开放已撤销保护的海域用于石油租赁的行为是非法的，一旦近海钻井活动提上日程，我们将继续推进相关诉讼。”
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美国司法部未立即回应置评请求。
民主党前总统乔·拜登在特朗普就职前颁布禁令，禁止在美国大多数沿海地区开展新的近海油气开发，但外界普遍认为该举措基本具有象征意义，因为它并未影响已在进行钻井作业的区域，且主要覆盖了缺乏重要开发前景的海域。
作为共和党人的特朗普在就职后数小时内颁布了一系列行政命令，旨在推动美国本已处于历史高位的油气产量，并撤销拜登应对气候变化的举措，其中就包括撤销上述禁令。
环保团体在2025年2月提起的诉讼中称，特朗普无权撤销这些保护措施，且在这些区域开展钻井将对濒危物种、敏感生态系统以及当地原住民社区造成“重大且广泛的不利影响”。
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US judge dismisses legal challenge to Trump’s offshore drilling expansion
August 24, 2026 8:35 PM UTC / By Reuters
Environmental activists rally against offshore drilling during a demonstration in Lafayette Park in Washington, U.S., May 15, 2016. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts/File Photo
NEW YORK, Aug 24 (Reuters) – An Alaska federal judge on Monday threw out a lawsuit by environmental groups challenging President Donald Trump’s move to allow offshore drilling along broad swaths of previously protected coastline.
U.S. District Judge Sharon L. Gleason found the lawsuit by groups, including the Northern Alaska Environmental Center, was premature because drilling was not imminent in federal waters that were placed off-limits by Trump’s predecessors.
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Gleason did not rule on whether presidents have legal authority to undo their predecessors’ withdrawal of coastal areas from drilling and left the door open for the groups to refile their lawsuit.
Earthjustice, an advocacy group whose attorneys filed the lawsuit, said in a statement that the group still believes Trump’s actions were unlawful and that it would refile its case should federal officials expand offshore drilling.
“We’re disappointed the court found that offshore drilling activities are not imminent,” the group said in a statement. “This administration has been doing everything in its power to open our coasts to fossil fuel development. We continue to maintain that President Trump’s attempt to open withdrawn areas for oil leasing is unlawful, and we intend to pursue those claims if and when offshore activities are on the horizon.”
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The U.S. Department of Justice did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Former Democratic President Joe Biden banned new offshore oil and gas development along most U.S. coastlines ahead of Trump taking office, though the move was considered mostly symbolic because it did not impact areas where drilling was already underway and mainly covered zones lacking important development prospects.
Trump, a Republican, sought to undo that move as part of a flurry of executive orders within hours of his inauguration aimed at boosting the nation’s already record-high oil and gas production and unwinding Biden’s efforts to address climate change.
The environmental groups said in their February 2025 lawsuit that Trump lacked authority to undo the protections, and that allowing drilling in those areas would have “significant, wide-ranging adverse impacts” on endangered species, sensitive ecosystems and local Native American communities.
Reporting by Jack Queen in New York; Editing by Aurora Ellis
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