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Lawsuit Challenges Large Fossil Fuel Project Proposed in Alaska’s Arctic

By Kristen Monsell | Center for Biological Diversity on Dec 21, 2020   Featured, General News, North Slope/Northwest Alaska  

Lawsuit Challenges Large Fossil Fuel Project Proposed in Alaska’s Arctic

Willow Project Would Mark Major Expansion for Oil, Gas Extraction in Western Arctic ANCHORAGE, Alaska— Conservation groups filed a lawsuit today challenging a massive oil and gas project known as the Willow Master Development Plan in Alaska’s Western Arctic. Earthjustice, a nonprofit environmental law firm, sued the U.S. Bureau of Land Management and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service […]

Lawsuit Aims to Block Drilling in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

By Kristen Monsell | Center for Biological Diversity on Aug 24, 2020   Featured, North Slope/Northwest Alaska, State  

Lawsuit Aims to Block Drilling in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

  Oil, Gas Leasing Would Cause Irreparable Harm to Wildlife, Tundra, Climate ANCHORAGE, Alaska— Environmental groups filed a lawsuit in federal court today challenging the Trump administration’s decision to allow oil and gas leasing in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. The Bureau of Land Management’s plan for drilling in the Coastal Plain of the Arctic […]

Trump Administration Permits Hilcorp Alaska to Harm Marine Mammals in Cook Inlet

By Kristen Monsell | Center for Biological Diversity on Jul 30, 2019   Featured, Southcentral, State  

Trump Administration Permits Hilcorp Alaska to Harm Marine Mammals in Cook Inlet

  Offshore Drilling Threatens Endangered Beluga Whales, Sea Otters ANCHORAGE— The Trump administration issued final rules today allowing Hilcorp Alaska to harm beluga whales, sea otters and other marine mammals as the company expands its offshore drilling activities in Alaska’s Cook Inlet. These Marine Mammal Protection Act “take authorizations” allow more than 15,530 instances of harm to […]

Native Village, Conservation Groups Challenge Winter Oil, Gas Drilling in Western Arctic

By Kristen Monsell | Center for Biological Diversity on Mar 1, 2019   Featured, North Slope/Northwest Alaska, State  

Native Village, Conservation Groups Challenge Winter Oil, Gas Drilling in Western Arctic

Lawsuit Targets Cursory Federal Assessment of ConocoPhillips’ Plan for Drilling in Alaska Petroleum Reserve ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The Native Village of Nuiqsut tribal government and five conservation groups have challenged the Bureau of Land Management’s approval of ConocoPhillips’ winter exploratory drilling program in the National Petroleum Reserve Alaska, America’s single largest area of public lands.  […]

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