A U.S. District Court Judge Sharon Gleason reinstates a conservation agreement protecting about a million acres of sensitive Arctic territory in the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska. The agreement, known as the Nuiqsut Trilateral right of way, was rescinded after the Trump administration's Department of the Interior canceled the agreement in December. This ruling means that this week's oil and gas lease sale in the Reserve will likely be smaller than planned. The decision to reinstate the agreement is yet to be decided. Plaintiffs in both lawsuits were seeking injunctions to prevent previously protected acreage from being included in the lease sale.