All major oil companies refused to bid; one small oil company and a state of Alaska-sponsored corporation snapped up five leases in a rush to exploit the Refuge’s Coastal Plain
Erik Grafe, Managing Attorney, Alaska Office: “The Western Arctic is the place that has the most industry interest, and the administration is going all out.”
Today’s lease sale notice sets into motion this administration’s radical agenda to industrialize the Refuge to benefit oil companies – not the American people
Updated complaint resumes litigation to protect the 1.56 million-acre Coastal Plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge from oil and gas leasing, adding new claims challenging Interior’s October 2025 decision…
Updated complaint restarts paused litigation to protect the 1.56 million-acre Coastal Plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge from oil and gas leasing
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
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 and Secretary of the Interior Doug…
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
La administración Biden cancela ofertas ilegales y abre nuevos procesos que podrían preservar las preciadas tierras árticas en Alaska, pero se necesita más para abordar la mayor amenaza climática: más…
Biden administration cancels illegal leases and opens new processes that could preserve cherished Arctic lands in Alaska. More is needed to tackle the biggest climate threat: further oil drilling on…
By land and by sea, America’s Arctic is under attack. Earthjustice is fighting on multiple fronts to protect this irreplaceable region and keep the Arctic’s fossil fuels in the ground.
Erik Grafe, Attorney, Alaska Office, Earthjustice: “Drilling America’s Arctic refuge is a climate and human rights disaster, and the Biden administration knows the importance of re-establishing leadership on those two critical fronts. Now Congress needs to finish the job.”
