HOMER – Cook Inletkeeper Thursday applauded the decision by the federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) to cancel public hearings around the proposed million-acre Oil & Gas Lease Sale 258 in Lower Cook Inlet. BOEM’s move comes in the wake of President Biden’s January 27 Executive Order placing a pause on all oil and […]
(Anchorage, AK) – Governor Mike Dunleavy welcomes the signing of a lease agreement between Alaska Cargo and Cold Storage, LLC (ACCS) and the State of Alaska to develop 32.5-million-cubic-foot cold storage at the Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport (ANC). The agreement is a product of coordination between Governor Dunleavy’s Alaska Development Team, the Ted Stevens […]
Washington — Today, as part of a flurry of Executive Actions that include rejoining the Paris Climate Agreement and stopping the Keystone XL Pipeline, President-elect Joe Biden will take immediate action to protect the sacred lands of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge by placing a temporary moratorium on oil and gas leasing activities on its […]
Lame duck administration takes next step in a rushed process to open one of the nation’s most iconic and sacred landscapes to oil drilling Washington — The Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority emerged as the apparent high bidder in the Trump administration’s illegal oil and gas lease sale as part of its Coastal […]
Washington — Today, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) released its final Record of Decision for a new Integrated Activity Plan for the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska (Reserve) in America’s western Arctic following a rushed and incomplete process. The new plan opens seven million additional acres within the Reserve to oil leasing, bringing the available […]
Administration’s OK of Hilcorp’s Liberty Project Violated Federal Law, Ignored Climate Change ANCHORAGE, Alaska— The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit today rejected the Trump administration’s approval of the first offshore oil-drilling development in federal Arctic waters. Hilcorp Alaska received approval in 2018 to build and operate the controversial Liberty project, an artificial […]
Washington, D.C. – The Bureau of Land Management has announced the release of its draft environmental impact statement (EIS) in advance of a planned 2019 oil and gas lease sale on the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. The publication of the Notice of Availability in the Federal Register on Dec. 28, 2018, […]
[dropcap]A[/dropcap]NCHORAGE, Alaska — The Bureau of Land Management rescheduled the four remaining public scoping meetings that were postponed due to the Nov. 30 earthquake in Anchorage. The meetings are intended to gather public comments that help guide the development of a new Integrated Activity Plan (IAP) and associated Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the […]
WASHINGTON – In advancing the administration’s goals of promoting America’s energy independence, the Bureau of Land Management state offices in 2017 generated nearly $360 million from oil and gas lease sales, an 86 percent increase over the previous year’s results of $192.5 million. Among these sales, which together were the highest in nearly a decade, rights to […]