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Offshore emissions major source of Gulf pollution

The Biden administration adopted new protections for millions of acres of the Arctic in April. Now it’s time for the next step.

A judge overturned the Biden administration’s reckless lease sale in Cook Inlet, citing threats to the rare beluga whale.

Stopping the oil and gas export boom is critical to meet U.S. climate goals.

The Biden administration announced that it will end coal leasing in the Powder River Basin in Montana and Wyoming, keeping billions of tons of highly polluting coal in the ground.

Sam Sankar, Senior Vice President of Programs: “We think that building massive terminals to export fossil fuels, and putting them where people are already living with terribly polluted air, violates the policies that President Biden laid out in his executive orders.”

BLM decision will keep nearly 6 billion tons of highly polluting coal in the ground

Brettny Hardy, Attorney, Oceans Program: “No matter how you look at it, there’s a really dire need to accelerate this shift to clean energy. The things the industry is doing now is not going to help that transition.”

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

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

Fossil fuel industry will be made more responsible for costs of decommissioning offshore drilling projects

A new federal rule will better protect communities and the environment, while better protecting taxpayers’ money and helping the agency manage public lands for their highest value.

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

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…

Alexandra Schluntz, Attorney, Rocky Mountain Office: “The Bureau of Land Management can’t just say, ‘Don’t worry, we’ll fix it at a later stage.’ Not when there’s evidence in the record that shows they haven’t been fixing it.”

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

A federal court ruled that the Bureau of Land Management’s decision to lease nearly 120,000 acres of federal land for oil and gas development in June 2022 violated the law.

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