April 22, 2020
As Bank of America faced shareholders today for its annual general meeting, the bank refused to rule out funding for drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
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April 20, 2020
Today, multinational investment bank Citigroup released an updated energy policy that rules out financing for oil and gas exploration, development and production projects in the Arctic, including the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
April 19, 2020
This week, as major banks face shareholders for their annual general meetings, they will face pressure from shareholders and activists to commit to ruling out financing for any new drilling in the Arctic, including the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
March 1, 2020
Wells Fargo has released an update to its environmental policy ruling out funding for oil and gas projects in the Arctic region, including the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
February 28, 2020
Washington, DC -- Today, the Trump administration’s Interior Department confirmed that it will not be able to update its assessment of any existing oil and gas reserves in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge until 2023. The administration has not yet set a date for a lease sale in the refuge, and if a sale is held without new seismic data, then companies will be bidding blind.
February 6, 2020
Salt Lake City, UT-- Today, the Trump administration’s Interior Department released final resource management plans for the reduced Bears Ears National Monument and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument. In 2017, President Trump illegally announced intentions to eliminate 2 million acres of public lands from the national monuments. The action is still being challenged in court.
December 15, 2019
Today, multinational investment bank Goldman Sachs announced an updated energy policy that rules out financing for new oil drilling or exploration in the Arctic, including the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
December 12, 2019
The Trump administration took the final step today to break a five-year moratorium on leasing public land in California for oil drilling and fracking, issuing a decision that will allow more than 1 million acres to be put on the auction block.
November 21, 2019
Los Angeles, CA -- This morning, local Baldwin Hills residents and environmental advocates delivered thousands of petition signatures to the LA County Department of Regional Planning calling for stronger health and safety protections for communities living near the Inglewood Oil Field.
November 19, 2019
On Thursday at 11am PT, local Baldwin Hills residents will be joined by environmental advocates to deliver thousands of petition signatures to the LA County Department of Regional Planning calling for stronger protections for communities living near the Inglewood Oil Field.
October 11, 2019
In a submission sent to the United Nations Human Rights Council, Indigenous rights groups raised concerns about human rights violations against the Gwich’in Nation as a result of the Trump administration’s push to sell off the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge for drilling.
September 24, 2019
Los Angeles, CA -- Today, the Los Angeles County Department of Regional Planning released an initial draft update to the safety standards governing the Inglewood Oil Field, the largest urban oil field in the country.