Protecting America’s Public Lands and Waters from Drilling

Photo by Loren Blackford
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.

January 6, 2023

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announced new plans related to oil and gas leasing tied to the implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA).

19 de diciembre de 2022

Gobiernos de todo el mundo acordaron hoy adoptar el Marco Global sobre Biodiversidad Kunning-Montreal, como conclusión de la Conferencia sobre Biodiversidad de la ONU (COP15).

1 de diciembre de 2022

Informes apuntan a que el Presidente Biden designará Ave Kwa Ame, en Nevada, como el más reciente monumento nacional del país.

18 de noviembre de 2022

Un juez de distrito federal favoreció al Servicio Federal de Pesca y Vida Silvestre y al Servicio Nacional de Pesca Marina retrasar la restauración de Protecciones de la Ley de Especies en Peligro (ESA) para cientos de especies y sus hábitats.

November 17, 2022

Today, U.S. Representative Teresa Leger Fernandez and Sen. Ben Ray Lujan introduced the Chaco Cultural Heritage Area Protection Act, a move recognized by the Greater Chaco Coalition as a step in the right direction. Though the Coalition supports this legislation, more needs to be done to address the cumulative impact of extractive industries on the Greater Chaco Landscape and its communities.

11 de noviembre de 2022

La administración Biden ha propuesto la Regulación sobre Riesgos y Resiliencia Climáticos de los Abastecedores Federales, la cual requeriría a los grandes contratistas federales revelar públicamente sus emisiones de efecto invernadero.

November 8, 2022

Today, coinciding with the third day of COP27, the White House released two reports on advancing nature-based solutions to address climate change. The first is the Nature-Based Solutions Roadmap, which outlines recommendations for America to employ nature-based solutions in addressing the climate crisis, nature loss, and inequity. In addition to the Roadmap, the Administration released The Nature-Based Solutions Resource Guide: Compendium of Federal Examples, Guidance, Resource Documents, Tools and Technical Assistance, a companion resource guide with examples of nature-based solutions…

12 de octubre de 2022

La Casa Blanca anunció hoy la primera designación de monumento nacional del Presidente Biden, Camp Hale-Continental Divide.

October 12, 2022

Denver, COLORADO – Today, the White House announced its newest protected public land, the Camp Hale-Continental Divide National Monument, along with a 20-year mineral withdrawal for approximately 225,000 acres of the Thompson Divide to ensure the land remains protected. The monument would encompass 53,804 acres, including the historic Camp Hale and Tenmile Range.

3 de octubre de 2022

La Corte Suprema escuchó hoy argumentos orales del caso Sackett vs Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), un intento de la industria de combustibles fósiles de desmantelar la Ley de Agua Limpia.