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Federal agencies failed to prevent harm to threatened polar bears when they opened the entire Coastal Plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil and gas leasing

Trump agencies proposed weakening Endangered Species Act rules

In a series of recent moves, the administration is opening most of the vast and precious Arctic ecosystem to drilling.

Interior approved ConocoPhillips’ plan to explore for more oil near its Willow project without addressing the harm it will cause to wildlife and sensitive ecosystems

Bill would reduce critical protections for imperiled plants and animals

Aggressive new drilling proposed in northern Alaska poses grave risks to the planet — and to a vast and rare Arctic ecosystem.

An exploratory project in the Western Arctic would harm wildlife, sensitive ecosystems, and Alaska Native communities.

This letter serves as a 60-day notice on behalf of the three conservation groups of their intent to sue the Bureau of Land Management (Bureau) and Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum for violating the Endangered Species Act (ESA) by failing to ensure that the oil and gas leasing program approved by the Bureau in October 2025 is not likely to jeopardize the continued existence of polar bears or result in the destruction or adverse modification of their critical habitat.

Oil and gas industrialization would destroy one of the last truly intact wilderness areas on Earth

Senators use Congressional Review Act to reinstate Trump-era plan maximizing oil drilling

At the expense of communities and our climate, this massive public lands attack auctions off treasured lands in the nation’s largest wildlife refuge to benefit fossil fuel companies

Set of proposed rules would hollow out bedrock environmental law

The Trump administration and Congress have waged an all-out assault on the Arctic. Here are three actions you can take to protect it.

Global warming is harming bears; Earthjustice calls for a time out on Arctic Ocean oil and gas development

Bureau of Land Management issues an environmental study to authorize ConocoPhillips’ winter drilling and seismic projects in Teshekpuk Lake and Colville River Special Areas

Statement from Earthjustice attorney Clayton Jernigan regarding proposed Endangered Species Act protections for polar bears.

When it comes right down to it, there’s only one way to save the sea ice polar bears depend on: cut carbon emissions.

Global warming continues to destroy polar bear habitat