Letter comes on eve of the 14th anniversary of the BP Deepwater Horizon spill

Biden administration announces long awaited reforms that will hold oil industry accountable

Northern Cheyenne Tribe and conservation groups urge Interior Department to act on coal

Over 10 million acres of ecologically sensitive land is now off limits to oil and gas drilling

Biden administration unveils new regulations that will help preserve 13 million acres in Alaska

As the oil industry pursues a max-out strategy for fossil fuel development in the Gulf with a new legal challenge, advocates flag serious climate, public health, and environmental concerns

Groups aim to defend against industry efforts to maximize offshore drilling in public waters

Settlement cuts off oil shale giant’s planned mine and processing facility from water supply

Gulf, Alaska, and environmental groups filed a motion to intervene in an oil industry lawsuit challenging the Interior Department’s Five-Year Program for offshore oil-and-gas leasing — to prevent industry from grabbing even more public waters for profit.

Alexandra Schluntz, Attorney, Rocky Mountain Office: “We really think this should be a wakeup call for the BLM. This case shows that the BLM has a lot of work to do to improve its process for leasing lands to oil and gas development, and improve how it’s analyzing and protecting the environment while it’s making…

Wyoming sale was one of the largest oil and gas lease sales held on public lands

. It has been over thirty years since Congress told EPA to protect the public from the harms of this incinerator pollution, and environmental justice communities are still waiting for those protections. EPA has committed to advancing equitable outcomes in environmental justice communities and building meaningful engagement with these communities. The time to deliver on those commitments is now.

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that a lawsuit from the Northern Cheyenne Tribe and conservation groups that had successfully reinstated the Obama-era coal leasing moratorium is moot.

Environmental groups and Gulf-based organizations filed a legal challenge to hold the Interior Department accountable for failing to adequately consider the public health impacts on frontline communities in its final Five-Year Program.

The plan is considerably slimmed down from original proposal but still offers up the Gulf to oil and gas industry

A letter from more than 30 Tribal Nations in the Great Lakes region sent to President Joe Biden urging the United States to speak out against the Enbridge Line 5 pipeline’s trespass on the Bad River Band’s land.

60+ groups oppose cuts to the Inflation Reduction Act’s coastal resilience funding

70+ organizations express strong opposition to H.R. 7408, the America’s Wildlife Habitat and Conservation Act. This bill is a transparent attempt to weaken the Endangered Species Act and hamstring the conservation of our most imperiled species and their habitats.