December 4, 2023
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The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is one of America's last truly wild places and must be preserved. | Photo by Loren Blackford
Public lands and waters should never be threatened by oil and gas drilling. We work to protect these special places from legislative assaults and federal regulatory rollbacks that threaten to open them up to exploitation by the fossil fuel industry.
Press Releases
September 25, 2023
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Over the weekend, Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland and Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Director Tracy Stone-Manning visited Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument to meet with federal, Tribal, state, and local officials, along with community members to hear their vision for preserving the region’s natural and cultural resources.
September 25, 2023
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, Representative Raul Ruiz (CA-25) called on President Biden to use his powers under the Antiquities Act to designate Chuckwalla National Monument in the California Desert and protect lands adjacent to Joshua Tree National Park. Ruiz has also introduced legislation to achieve this goal. The effort seeks to protect about 660,000 acres of the California Desert south of Joshua Tree National Park, reaching west from the Coachella Valley region to the east near the Colorado River.
September 6, 2023
SALT LAKE CITY, UT — Conservation and community groups sued the state of Utah today for its failure to ensure that enough water reaches the Great Salt Lake to prevent ecological collapse.
August 7, 2023
GRAND CANYON, AZ -- Today, the White House announced President Biden would designate Baaj Nwaavjo I'tah Kukveni - Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon National Monument in Arizona as the country’s newest national monument.
July 20, 2023
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, the Department of the Interior unveiled a proposed rule to reform the federal onshore oil and gas leasing program. The proposed rule includes significant changes to bonding and royalties, which have long-favored the fossil fuel industry.
June 5, 2023
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Sierra Club welcomed Interior Secretary Deb Haaland's Friday announcement of new actions to protect the Greater Chaco region and said it should be part of a new focus on prioritizing conservation on federal public lands. Haaland unveiled a new order withdrawing public lands within a 10-mile radius of Chaco Culture National Historical Park for a period of 20 years.
25 de abril de 2023
Esta mañana, el Presidente Biden anunció que se presentará a la reelección.
17 de abril de 2023
El gigante petrolero ExxonMobil informó a sus accionistas en una nueva declaración de poder que la compañía no tiene planes de explorar o desarrollar proyectos petrolero o gaseros en el Refugio Ártico Nacional de Alaska.
March 30, 2023
Today, the Biden Administration began the process of crafting new rules that could fundamentally change how the Bureau of Land Management’s mission addresses the climate and biodiversity crises.