WASHINGTON, D.C. – This week, the House Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee conducted a hearing on exploiting fragile Alaskan landscapes for the benefit of fossil fuel companies.
The hearing on “Unleashing Alaska’s Extraordinary Resource Potential,” focused on oil and gas and mining opportunities in the state.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Today, Senator Murkowski and Republicans in the United States Senate voted to endanger public health, kill clean energy jobs and their economic benefits, and raise costs for working families and small businesses—all to hand big tax breaks to billionaires and corporate polluters. Despite widespread public opposition to the many dangers of the bill, H.R. 1 passed by a vote of 51-50, with JD Vance casting the tiebreaking vote.
El Sierra Club y Earthjustice han solicitado una revisión de la decisión del Departamento de Energía (DOE) de otorgar la aprobación de exportaciones del proyecto de gas fósil licuado de Alaska.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the Department of the Interior issued a key environmental assessment regarding ConocoPhillips’ oil and gas operation in the Western Arctic, commonly called the Willow project.
Washington, DC -- Today, the Trump administration held the first-ever lease sale to sell off the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge - known to the Gwich’in people as “The Sacred Place Where Life Begins” - for oil and gas drilling.
Washington, DC -- Today, just two weeks before leaving office, the Trump administration held the first-ever lease sale to sell off the delicate coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge for oil and gas drilling. The sale attracted a tepid response from bidders, bringing in only $14.4 million in revenue. When Congressional Republicans pushed through a rider opening the Arctic Refuge for drilling as part of the 2017 tax bill, they claimed that two lease sales in the Refuge would generate $1 billion of revenue
Seattle, WA -- Today, the Seattle City Council joined cities across the country in committing not to do business with any company that seeks to drill in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. The vote comes in the wake of historic, bipartisan action in the U.S. Congress to protect the Refuge from drilling.
Houston, TX -- Today, local environmental and Indigenous activists will seek answers from BP following its announcement that it would be selling its entire Alaska portfolio to Hilcorp Energy. Following this, the activists went over to Hilcorp’s offices calling on them not to drill in the Arctic Refuge. A previously announced rally for today has been canceled following the news BP sold its Alaska portfolio.
Anchorage, AK -- Today, BP announced that it was selling its entire Alaska portfolio, just ahead of a planned lease sale in the Arctic Refuge.
Washington, DC -- Today, the Department of the Interior released a draft environmental impact statement on its plan to hold a lease sale for drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, moving one step closer to drilling in one of America’s last wild places.
Juneau, AK -- In a notice published today to the Federal Register, the U.S. Forest Service announced that it is moving forward with an Environmental Impact Statement and public review process to develop an Alaska-specific version of the Roadless Rule, which currently safeguards 58.5 million acres of pristine National Forest System lands across 39 states from destructive logging and road building.
Washington, DC -- The Trump administration is now officially considering a proposal to allow an oilfield services company to conduct destructive seismic exploration across nearly the entire coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Beginning as soon as December of this year, the testing would occur ahead of a planned lease sale for drilling in the coastal plain.