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How lawmakers are clearing the way for mining and fossil fuel development across the western U.S. and Alaska.

A vote before Congress could open the door to mining in the watershed of the treasured Boundary Waters wilderness.

Threatens to bring chaos to a crown jewel of the nation’s public lands system and upend public land protection as we know it

A timeline of the creation of and 25-year fight to defend the National Forest Roadless Area Conservation Policy.

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

The One Big Beautiful Bill Act allocated an unprecedented level of funding for critical minerals projects that amount to little more than a slush fund for the mining industry.

In support of the rights of Tribal people, protecting ancestral lands, and requiring meaningful Tribal consultation and public participation in mine permitting

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

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

What’s happening: The federal government has rejected an initial proposal by BP, the company behind the worst oil spill in U.S. history, to build a new, ultra-deepwater project in the Gulf of Mexico. The decision came after Members of Congress sent a letter to the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, urging the agency not to…

Roadless Area Conservation Act would solidify protections for national forests

Floridians are raising questions about a U.S. Army Corps plan to blast and dredge Fort Lauderdale’s port — and smother more than 200 acres of sea floor and rare corals.

Already, over one-third of plant and animal species in the U.S. are at risk of disappearing.

Congress and the administration continue attacks on our national public lands

Groups oppose S.J.Res. 80 and H.J.Res. 124, which would utilize the Congressional Review Act to strike down the Bureau of Land Management’s 2022 Integrated Activity Plan Record of Decision for the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska.

Groups oppose S.J.Res. 91 and H.J.Res.131, which would utilize the Congressional Review Act to strike down the Bureau of Land Management’s 2024 Record of Decision for the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge’s Coastal Plain Leasing Program.

Groups oppose H.J. Res. 130/S.J. Res. 89, a Congressional Review Act resolution of disapproval to rescind the Bureau of Land Management Buffalo Field Office’s 2024 Resource Management Plan Amendment that ended new coal leasing in Wyoming’s Powder River Basin.

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