Conservation groups filed suit over the Trump administration’s approval of two large oil and gas lease sales in Colorado and Wyoming, which threaten big game migration corridors and pristine, wilderness-quality…
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
In the News: Daily Energy InsiderSeptember 1, 2026
Matthew Silverman, Attorney, Northeast Office: “Notwithstanding significant changes to the facts on the ground ... the EA wrongly finds that the project will have ‘no significant impact.’”
Emma Hardy, Attorney, Rocky Mountain Office: “This decision correctly recognizes that Denver and other local governments have authority to regulate the use of polluting gas appliances in homes and buildings.”
Michael Freeman, Attorney, Rocky Mountain Office: “The federal government made a lot of mistakes in approving these wells. But it’s really good to see the court upholding the law and requiring the Interior Department to actually involve the Pawnee Nation and other tribal tribal members when it approves oil and…
