The system that greenlights oil-drilling on public lands is broken. Here’s how to fix it and avoid more carbon bombs.

The web of life is in danger of collapsing, due in large part to climate change, pollution, and habitat destruction caused by the fossil fuel industry. We’re working to protect species from these threats.

La revisión ambiental de la administración no tuvo en cuenta el impacto climático total del proyecto

Administration’s environmental review failed to account for project’s full climate impact

Conservation groups sue to stop the Willow Oil Project in Alaska’s Western Arctic

The administration has approved the massive Willow Arctic oil drilling project, which would threaten the climate and the Western Arctic.

Decision greenlights a carbon bomb and opens decades of oil drilling in Western Arctic

Oil-and-gas drilling plan would transform irreplaceable Arctic ecosystem into a carbon bomb

Abigail Dillen, President, Earthjustice: “The decision on this project is a bellwether of whether we’re actually going to do something serious about climate in time or whether we are just pretending.”

ConocoPhillips’ Willow plan, which would emit massive levels of CO2, still moving toward approval despite climate impacts

Our court victory in the Arctic underscores that the law is a powerful tool in stopping climate-wrecking projects.

Letter comes on top of 200,000 individual comments submitted in opposition to massive oil project

ConcoPhillips’ proposed Willow Project is at odds with climate targets that we can’t afford to miss

Jeremy Lieb, Attorney, Alaska Office, Earthjustice: “The federal government has an obligation and the authority to restrict oil and gas activity in the reserve to protect other resources, including the climate. The science is clear that the world can’t afford to develop even a small portion of that oil.”

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.

Biden administration will not continue to defend oil and gas drilling plan in court

The Biden administration is no longer defending a halted plan to drill for fossil fuels in the Western Arctic.

Jeremy Lieb, Attorney, Alaska Office: “This is a resounding win for our clients and the climate. The court’s decision vacates the Trump administration’s decision approving the Willow project, and we hope the Biden administration takes this opportunity to reconsider the project in light of its commitment to address the climate emergency.”