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 perforaciones en los arrendamientos de petróleo y gas existentes en el Ártico occidental.

Earthjustice has advocated for decades in courts and Congress to protect these lands.

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 existing oil and gas leases in the Western Arctic 

In a partial win for the Chilkat Indian Village, salmon and conservation groups, additional water quality analysis is now required to safeguard against mining

In a final agency decision issued on an administrative appeal, the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) upheld a flawed waste management permit for exploratory drilling at the Palmer Project mine in Southeast Alaska while also determining that more work must be done to ensure Alaska’s water quality standards are not exceeded due to wastewater from the mining project.

In Kake, Alaska, protecting a temperate rainforest means protecting a way of life.

Energy Department export approval failed to fully assess project’s climate, environmental harms

Conservation groups sued the federal government today for approving exports from the Alaska LNG Project, which would transport gas from Alaska’s North Slope to Asia. The lawsuit challenges the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) export approval for failing to fully assess the project’s climate and environmental harms.

Proposed by the Alaska Gasline Development Corporation (AGDC), an Alaska state-owned corporation, the $38.7 billion fossil-fuel infrastructure project to export liquified methane gas involves constructing an 807-mile pipeline that would bisect the state from north to south, spanning a distance roughly the width of Texas. Construction would affect 35,474 acres of land, 45% of which…

The legal challenge aims to reexamine management of groundfish trawlers to better protect Yukon-Kuskokwim salmon runs

The Bethel City Council Passed a resolution directing the City to join as amicus or intervenor in pending federal litigation supporting an updated environmental impact statement and fisheries management plan for groundfish management in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands.

 The City of Bethel is requesting permission from Alaska’s U.S. District Court to join in a federal lawsuit seeking to revise groundfish management to better protect subsistence salmon fishing in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta region.

 The City of Bethel is requesting permission from Alaska’s U.S. District Court to join in a federal lawsuit seeking to revise groundfish management to better protect subsistence salmon fishing in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta region.

The City of Bethel is requesting permission from Alaska’s U.S. District Court to join in a federal lawsuit seeking to revise groundfish management to better protect subsistence salmon fishing in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta region.

Earthjustice reacts to legal filing seeking to overturn EPA determination vetoing the mine

Alaska seeks to strike down an EPA determination issued in January 2023 to protect the Bristol Bay watershed under Section 404 of the Clean Water Act.

Carole Holley, Managing Attorney, Alaska Office, Earthjustice: “It’s a highly unusual legal move, and also a highly unpopular one.”

The massive Donlin Gold Mine, if built, would pose grave risks to Kuskokwim River communities.