Activists urge lawmakers to reverse a relevant 2017 law, “cancel the leases issued by the Trump administration, and shut down this dangerous drilling program once and for all.” Indigenous and environmental groups on Tuesday welcomed the U.S. Interior Department’s decision to review the Trump administration’s controversial move opening up previously protected land in Alaska to drilling […]
Washington — Tuesday, the Biden administration, Interior Secretary Deb Haaland, and the U.S. Department of the Interior announced via Notice of Intent in the Federal Register plans to begin a new environmental review of oil and gas development on the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Statement by Kristen Miller, Acting […]
The Gwich’in Steering Committee thanks the Biden administration and Secretary Haaland for pausing the leasing program for the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and suspending leases of sacred lands. Now it calls on the administration to continue to take action to protect these lands. “The Gwich’in Nation is grateful and heartened by the news that the […]
“While this buys some time, the fight to protect this unique and pristine area is not over,” said an Environment America campaigner. “We’re calling on Congress to establish permanent protections.” Environmental campaigners in Alaska and across the country are cautiously celebrating the Biden administration’s Tuesday decision to suspend some fossil fuel drilling leases that were […]