Erik Grafe, Managing Attorney, Alaska Office: “These are large-scale, industrial activities that cause permanent damage to sensitive Arctic ecosystems, nearby communities, and the climate.”
The regulations proposed at the request of the oil industry seek to greenlight potentially massive new oil development in sensitive areas of the Western Arctic
Jeremy Lieb, Attorney, Alaska Office: “Drilling and seismic exploration for oil and gas in the Arctic are large-scale, industrial activities that cause significant, lasting negative impacts to the environment and nearby communities.”
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
Earthjustice works to defend Alaska’s ecosystems from these threats in partnership with local communities. This day-in, day-out work is made possible by supporters like you.
The Center for Biological Diversity and Friends of the Earth U.S., represented by Earthjustice, are challenging the lease sale and the underlying management plan, or Integrated Activity Plan, that opens…
Conservation groups represented by Earthjustice issued a letter to the Bureau of Land Management and to Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum providing the required 60-day notice of the groups’…
